Vore Wally (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Privately Printed, 2020
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: New. New condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Preface. Signed and inscribed by both authors as follows: signed by co-author Betty McCord-Riffle with thin black Sharpie/marker at the upper part of the blank first free front endpaper and also signed by the co-author Wally Vore with thin bla…ck pen at the lower section of the same blank first free front endpaper along with a large illustration by Wally (see photographs). "Wally's story starts in a military base in San Francisco in 1960. Circumstances take him to an Ojibwa reservation, through a military court-martial, an unlikely romance, a military wedding, and ends with a twist." - from the rear outer cover. "We like to say our story is loosely-based on many true stories. The incident actually happened. Wally, the author, was the driver on duty that night. The blood and matter he witnessed traumatized him, although he didn't realize it at the time. He buried his feelings. Afterward, he never understood why the sight of people getting hurt bothered him so, until we started working on this book. Writing about the incident has been cathartic in helping him realize he had a problem. Wally, the author, wants you, dear reader, to know if you have been through a traumatic experience of any kind and now have unexplained anxiety in certain situations, consider the possibility of a connection. Recognition is half the battle. Then you can begin to move forward. After the description of the incident, the rest of Wally's character is fiction, as are all the rest of our characters. However, most of our characters have elements of people we have known in our lifetime. The account of events at the trial are fictional. The outcome of the trial is as it actually happened. The description of the reservation is a true description of a reservation in the author's experience. It was not the Minnesota reservation. Eventually the U.S. government made good on what was owed the tribe of the reservation the authors describe, and conditions did improve greatly. We took liberties with the Ojibwa beliefs, including beliefs from other tribes as well. Burial customs described in this book are real customs from long-ago times and, to the best of our knowledge, no longer practiced. We included them because we found them quite beautiful. Lucinda's story of the Christian School is also true, but the identity of the Native American lady who told this story has been altered. The stories our characters tell are true, although some have been embellished a bit. Some came from our own experience, and others came from people kind enough to share. We hope you enjoy them. We hope they spark memories of our own. " -excerpt from the Preface. Signed by Author(s).
