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Small Town Boy | Shards of a Life : pure fiction
Dylan Hayes takes a walk on his favorite trail into the Three Sisters wilderness, carrying with him 80 years of life experience, a vial of lethal pills, a diagnosis and memories of times that have slipped away.
He remembers life on the farm and his life-long preoccupation with those Meti and Blackfeet, Cree, Cherokee, Assiniboine, Sioux and Crows who went before his family homesteaded in Montana. He carries his childhood kinship with dinosaurs.
He encounters armed radical militants who claim the wilderness is theirs and the lawman hunting them into the bush.
His life takes new turns as he plows old ground.
He remembers life on the farm and his life-long preoccupation with those Meti and Blackfeet, Cree, Cherokee, Assiniboine, Sioux and Crows who went before his family homesteaded in Montana. He carries his childhood kinship with dinosaurs.
He encounters armed radical militants who claim the wilderness is theirs and the lawman hunting them into the bush.
His life takes new turns as he plows old ground.
151 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2021
About the author
Dean Baker
2 books1 followerDEAN BAKER
846 N.E. Laurelhurst Place
Portland, Oregon 97232
503-407-0916
deanbaker96@gmail.com
GENERAL BACKGROUND
I've worked as a magazine writer and editor, a newspaper reporter, a teacher of magazine writing, editing and interviewing, and a community relations specialist. I spent 10 years as a staff writer, photographer and video producer at The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash. For the past four years, I've been a weekly freelance writer for The Oregonian.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Journalism, University of Oregon, Eugene.
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and English, University of Montana, Missoula.
ACADEMIA
Throughout my professional life I've maintained an interest in college teaching. I have taught journalism as an adjunct at the University of Oregon, The University of Portland and Washington State University Vancouver.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, University of Oregon. Taught newspaper reporting and editing, interviewing, magazine writing and magazine editing. Two years.
Adviser for The VanCougar, student newspaper of Washington State University Vancouver, Wash. four years.
Adjunct Professor, Communication Studies, University of Portland. One term.
MAGAZINE WRITER-EDITOR
Associate Editor, Oregon Business Magazine. Wrote business column. Covered Oregon business stories. Two years.
Freelance Writer for National Wildlife, The New York Times, Seattle Times, The Oregonian, Amicas Journal, Special Report on Health and many other publications. 10 years.
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
Reporter, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. daily newspaper, covering military affairs, agriculture and history; also Clark County government, small city politics. 10 years.
Reporter, Valley Business Journal, weekly newspaper in Salem. Ore. Covered business stories of all kinds in Salem and the Mid-Willamette Valley. One year.
News Editor, Salem Times, weekly newspaper. Supervised two reporters. Covered all city news.Two years.
Correspondent, The Oregonian, daily newspaper in Portland. Covered Multnomah County Government, environment, Portland news, general assignment, 1989-1994. Then covered Clark County affairs as a freelance writer, 2010-2014. Four years.
Reporter and columnist, and occasional photographer for The Register-Guard, daily newspaper in Eugene, Ore. Eight years.
Columnist for Willamette Valley Observer, weekly newspaper in Eugene. Two years.
Novelist, author of The Last Yoncalla: The Legend of Sam Fearn, Blind John Publications, Eugene, OR. 1981. Small Town Boy: Shards of a Life, 2022.
Editor of The Newberg Graphic, weekly newspaper in Newberg, Ore.; Features Editor of The SUPCOM Sentinel, a newspaper published by the U.S. Army's 7th Army Support Command, Boeblingen, Germany: Editor, The Star & Missile, published by the U.S. Army's 47th Artillery Brigade, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; Reporter, United Press International, Helena, Mont.; Reporter, occasional state and sports editor, The Missoulian, Missoula, Mont.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS EXPERIENCE
Director of Public Relations/Publications. South Lane School District, Cottage Grove, Ore., Wrote newsletters, newspaper columns, handled election campaigns. Two years.
Staff Assistant for Community Relations. Eugene School District, Eugene, Ore. Wrote newsletters, handled media contacts, designed publications, taught publications production. Four years.
846 N.E. Laurelhurst Place
Portland, Oregon 97232
503-407-0916
deanbaker96@gmail.com
GENERAL BACKGROUND
I've worked as a magazine writer and editor, a newspaper reporter, a teacher of magazine writing, editing and interviewing, and a community relations specialist. I spent 10 years as a staff writer, photographer and video producer at The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash. For the past four years, I've been a weekly freelance writer for The Oregonian.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Journalism, University of Oregon, Eugene.
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and English, University of Montana, Missoula.
ACADEMIA
Throughout my professional life I've maintained an interest in college teaching. I have taught journalism as an adjunct at the University of Oregon, The University of Portland and Washington State University Vancouver.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, University of Oregon. Taught newspaper reporting and editing, interviewing, magazine writing and magazine editing. Two years.
Adviser for The VanCougar, student newspaper of Washington State University Vancouver, Wash. four years.
Adjunct Professor, Communication Studies, University of Portland. One term.
MAGAZINE WRITER-EDITOR
Associate Editor, Oregon Business Magazine. Wrote business column. Covered Oregon business stories. Two years.
Freelance Writer for National Wildlife, The New York Times, Seattle Times, The Oregonian, Amicas Journal, Special Report on Health and many other publications. 10 years.
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
Reporter, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. daily newspaper, covering military affairs, agriculture and history; also Clark County government, small city politics. 10 years.
Reporter, Valley Business Journal, weekly newspaper in Salem. Ore. Covered business stories of all kinds in Salem and the Mid-Willamette Valley. One year.
News Editor, Salem Times, weekly newspaper. Supervised two reporters. Covered all city news.Two years.
Correspondent, The Oregonian, daily newspaper in Portland. Covered Multnomah County Government, environment, Portland news, general assignment, 1989-1994. Then covered Clark County affairs as a freelance writer, 2010-2014. Four years.
Reporter and columnist, and occasional photographer for The Register-Guard, daily newspaper in Eugene, Ore. Eight years.
Columnist for Willamette Valley Observer, weekly newspaper in Eugene. Two years.
Novelist, author of The Last Yoncalla: The Legend of Sam Fearn, Blind John Publications, Eugene, OR. 1981. Small Town Boy: Shards of a Life, 2022.
Editor of The Newberg Graphic, weekly newspaper in Newberg, Ore.; Features Editor of The SUPCOM Sentinel, a newspaper published by the U.S. Army's 7th Army Support Command, Boeblingen, Germany: Editor, The Star & Missile, published by the U.S. Army's 47th Artillery Brigade, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; Reporter, United Press International, Helena, Mont.; Reporter, occasional state and sports editor, The Missoulian, Missoula, Mont.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS EXPERIENCE
Director of Public Relations/Publications. South Lane School District, Cottage Grove, Ore., Wrote newsletters, newspaper columns, handled election campaigns. Two years.
Staff Assistant for Community Relations. Eugene School District, Eugene, Ore. Wrote newsletters, handled media contacts, designed publications, taught publications production. Four years.
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