Purdy, John Lloyd

I was born and raised in Oregon. My great-grandfather and grandmother homesteaded there in 1872, so in a way the novel is concerned with how the present has been shaped by the past and various immigrants. Also, one grandfather came to Oregon via California from up-state New York, and to fund his travels up from Sacramento (an ironic name in this case) he founded "God's Religious Army." Holding tent meetings along the route, he relied "upon the kindness of strangers." However, near Grants Pass his wife died, and this is where he met and married my grandmother. So, I am also interested in the wa...