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"Watching Royes find her way, not only in nature but through difficult personal decisions, makes for compelling, enduring reading." —The Washington Post“Heartfelt and brimming with lyrical appreciation for nature and personal freedom, this is not only the account of a woman who followed the stirrings of a restless heart. It is also a kind of elegy to the youthful rebels and dreamers of the late 1960s and early '70s in search of new ways of being and belonging. A modern frontier adventure for nature lovers and armchair travelers alike.”—Kirkus"Pam Royes has written a grand story, overflowing with hunger and beauty and pluck. Held within her tale is an exquisite gift: the chance to see a woman and a man shaped and sculpted – and in the end, made more gloriously human – by having merged their lives with one of the wildest, most spectacular landscapes on Earth."—Gary Ferguson, author of The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness"What’s going to happen to a girl child from a sedate household who names her bicycle Dynamite? By this book’s lights, her trajectory veers from home into a feral thirst for a different life made from scratch in the mountains. Temperance Creek takes you back to the land in the company of a sensitive, wise, and zesty woman and her chosen man. She’ll guide you into remote corners of Oregon and Idaho to herd sheep, lust for the horizontal vertigo of full gallop, ponder the outback ways of men and women, suffer a lost brother, champion a warrior’s search for peace, and roll a smoke on horseback as the storm gathers overhead. By reading, it’s not too late to live this life. This is a book you will savor, and give to the lucky among your friends."—Kim Stafford, author of 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared"Temperance Creek is a great adventure in a great place. And maybe most of all a great love story. North Dakota girl with wanderlust meets Oregon vet hiding out in remote Hells Canyon of the Snake River with horses. In a flash, throws in her lot, and the two begin a journey through outrageous terrain and sheep camps, learning to live with and off the land, and with each other. There are plenty of Vietnam vet stories out there, and accounts of midcentury music, drugs, and community. Theirs is a different journey, one a few might have guessed at, but fewer would have dared."—Rich Wandschneider, Director, Josephy Library of Western History and Culture"There's more true magic in this book than many I've read in years. Pam Royes' voice is clear and sinewy, supremely honest, humble, brave, and funny, and her love story, set in the wilderness in a time of profound cultural transition, is incandescently vivid, earthy and real. Temperance Creek is compulsively readable, and refreshing as a plunge in a deep clear swimming hole."—Karen Fisher, author of A Sudden Country"Temperance Creek is a compelling memoir about love, courage, and transformation. Pamela Royes deftly chronicles her journey from a suburban college student to a "wild woman," from hippie to sheepherder to outlaw, Her trail starts at the University of Oregon and finishes in wild and remote Hell's Canyon on the Snake River. Along the way, she bravely confronts rattlesnakes, cougars, bears, and a bullet wound to her thigh, while learning the complex tasks of sheepherding from her partner, the intrepid Skip. On another level, the book honors the legacy of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce people who first occupied the beautiful landscapes the author traverses. This is a wonderful book. Readers will want to put on a pair of comfortable hiking boots and follow the paths the author cherishes."—Craig Lesley, author of Winterkill and River Song"As a young woman, Pam Royes had the guts and grace to do what the rest of us only dream of: she ditched convention and lit out for the territory—in her case the spectacularly austere territory of Hells Canyon. Riding ever deeper into this radiant outback, Pam fell in love – first with a landscape, then with a man and finally with a way of life that was fast disappearing before their eyes. Pam’s memoir of this time and place made me shiver, it made me laugh, it made me wonder—and above all it made me see with new eyes a place I thought I knew. This is a wise woman’s coming of age story—what a story, what an age, what a woman!"—David Laskin, author of The Children’s Blizzard and The Family"Pamela Royes' dramatic history has fascinated me for years. Her life seems a miracle in so many ways, but it is her brave heart, her endurance, her belief in the land, and her capacity for love that has brought her to this place of lyrical contemplation. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Temperance Creek is part adventure story, part cautionary tale, and, finally, a meditation on marriage—a fearless reckoning with the decisions that have shaped one woman's life."—Kim Barnes, author of In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country and In the Kingdom of MenIf Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire made you wish you could go back in time to be a park ranger in the '60s, Temperance Creek may make you wish you could be a sheepherder in the early '70s of Eastern Oregon . . . Reminiscent of the best of Pam Houston and Rick Bass, Royes has penned a memoir worthy of repeated reading. ―Bend Magazine
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About the Author
Pamela Royes and her husband raise cattle and hay. They have two children and three grandchildren. She is currently working on a book of fiction. They live in Joseph, Oregon.Teresa Jordan is an artist and author who grew up in a house full of books on an isolated ranch in Wyoming where the love of learning she acquired in the local one-room school carried her to Yale and into a lifetime of inquiry. Her books include the memoir Riding the White Horse Home and two illustrated journals, Field Notes from Yosemite: Apprentice to Place, and Field Notes from the Grand Canyon: Raging River, Quiet Mind. Her first book, Cowgirls: Women of the American West, was one of the earliest books to give voice to contemporary women working on the land. With her husband, Hal Cannon, she created the series “The Open Road” about the outback American West for public radio’s "The Savvy Traveler." She now lives in southern Utah near Zion National Park.
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Product details
Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Counterpoint (June 14, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1619027305
ISBN-13: 978-1619027305
Product Dimensions:
6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.8 out of 5 stars
79 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#149,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
First, the writing is wonderful. Second, the story is compelling no matter who you are. But If you are a baby boomer, add another reason to read it. If you're also a woman, add another reason. If you always secretly wished to live more simply and actually touch the world around you, then that's reason in itself.For me, the book is deeply personal for several reasons.My high school graduating class split into two major groups. Some went to Evergreen State College with eyes on forestry degrees. Others went to UW and got business degrees. I did the later. And I don't regret it.But I have spent a lot of time in the area Pamela describes and share the deep spiritual connection with the land that she so elegantly reveals in this thoughtful memoir.In fact, I had an opportunity to choose to live in the Hell's Canyon area or Seattle. I just couldn't get comfortable with the harsh climate and lack of infrastructure. I chickened out and stayed in Seattle.Pamela made what for me was the hard choice. And this book clarifies why it was the perfect choice for her. I rejoice in her appreciation of the world around her and ability to embrace it fearlessly. And to overcome the pain of loss...the cider story made me weep.The challenges she's faced as a woman also resonate. Our generation navigated the confusing and frustrating escape from our mom's traditional life boundaries to today's better-but-not-perfect balance of power between male and female roles. Her attitude and sturdy resolve as she grapples with role stereotypes mirror what many of us have tried to achieve with our dignity and identities intact.
Nearly 13 years ago my husband I and spent part of our honeymoon camping trip to Wallowas, Eagle Cap, Imnaha Valley and Hells Canyon. There’s something unique and special there and I couldn’t ever describe it in a way that did it justice – that turned out to be Royes’ job. She describes the land in a way that engages all 5 of your senses – just like you’re there. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I reached for the cider jug too (you’ll know EXACTLY what I mean when you read Temperance Creek). Two things about her book have had immediate effect on my life – I made a batch of sourdough starter and I regularly order a biscuit with “a tidal wave of butter and jam†in restaurants. I also mentally checked out of my livingroom each time I sat to read leaving my husband and 2 boys to fend for themselves – I was busy herding sheep with Pam and Skip. Royes’ memoir is about her life as she trusted herself, the land to provide, the people around her (or wisely not trusting them in some cases) and accepting that life is a journey. Her life was a result of her willingness to make decisions about what felt right, listening to her heart and then forging forth accepting the good with the bad in the scope of the bigger picture. It blew me away. Royes’ knew she was bucking against her upbringing, her faith and maybe her better judgment – but she wanted what she wanted (Skip) and went for it. When it got tough, she hung in there knowing not everything always goes the way you want it – but you can decide in large what you want and accept the pitfalls along the way. She tells of an observation that Skip made early on in their relationship – that with all the interrupted time they’ve spent together – no distractions like phones, cars or job – their relationship is further along than most. That’s compelling – that people who are together and depending on each other nonstop for basic needs and survival (honestly – it was that dire in some cases in their life in the canyon) form a life lasting bond in a rather short period of time. Perhaps that rang a little bit also in when Skip talks about his service in Vietnam and some of the men he was with, I know I’ve heard my dad say similar things about the men he was with there.Temperance Creek is also about how people, animals and land work together. There’s obvious gripes in here about government land management and I briefly (very briefly) thought maybe there was some insight here into why the Bundy’s helped organize a standoff with federal lands in Southern Oregon. After all, some of Pam and Skip’s friend’s lost their lifestyle because of government land leases and regulations. I’ll just say that the Bundy’s made poor choices how to handle it – no need to get into Malheur here.What makes Royes’ memoir special and unique is that while her journey and life in the canyon with Skip was an amazing adventure – it is her and Skip’ spirit, not the land, that makes everything special.
Horses, pack horses and mules, rugged country, ornery loner bachelor sheep herders, sour dough starter, dogs, sheep, and more sheep, privilaged city dude guests at Red's, and the challenges of such rugged, beautiful and wild country. I am ever so thankful she shared her story of this time of wildness that has pretty much disappeared in this day and age. Wow. Thank you Pamela. I made this book last as long as I could. Like I do with a good bar of dark chocolate. And I kept finding the creeks, homesteads, view points and marking them on my map of the Willowas and Hells Canyon. I also gave this book as a Christmas present to my mom, who was born to a homesteading family who were also sheep herders in SE Idaho.
Beautifully written memoir. Presents an engaging narrative of the author's life involving challenges and accomplishments associated with choosing an unconventional life in canyons and mountains around the Snake River's Hells Canyon. She takes a chance for adventure with a man who becomes her life-long partner, endures rugged and primitive living conditions, works hard, learns valuable life skills, and finds long-term fulfillment in family life. The composition is superb. The feelings and events are lyrically expressed. Her grandchildren should treasure this work and bless her name.
I found the story line somewhat intriguing. I'm not entirely sure it's worthy of a book, but it's interesting. The style of writing is overly descriptive. The author will dedicate an entire paragraph to describe one particular thing, each sentence worded slightly different than the prior one. This caused the book to be much longer than it needed to be without bringing anything additional to the table with regard to intellect or enlightenment. The last couple of chapters felt a little preachy when she found God. Secular readers may struggle with this. Lastly, Skip is a real-life character you love to hate in this book. How does one decide which child you abort and which you keep, this is a strange man, if you can call him that. 3 out of 5 stars.
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