BROOK FOREST VOICES AUTHORS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Gaydell Collier lived on a ranch in the Black Hills near Sundance, Wyoming. She co-authored three books on horses and horsemanship for Doubleday and co-edited three collections of women's writing for Houghton-Mifflin, including Leaning Into the Wind.  Her essays, articles and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and publications. In 2004, she won the Wyoming Governor's Arts Award for Literature.

.....diaries and letters provided Collier with the forgotten details and dialogue to spur completion of this

fascinating, humorous, thought-provoking account of living a very alternative lifestyle.––

Reference & Research Book News, December 2011

JUST BEYOND HARMONY Summary:

Armed with idealistic visions of the West, Gaydell from Garden City, New York, and her husband, Roy of Hinsdale, Illinois, embark on The Grand Experiment during the 1960s: raising their four children in a primitive Wyoming log cabin built by early Swedish settlers without modern amenities, to teach the "youngsters" values and self-reliance. 50 years later, Gaydell chronicles her family’s experience from unearthed diaries and letters she had written to her mother during the cabin years. She recalls the joy, dreams, humor, struggles and growth for the kids, Roy, and most of all, herself.

GAYDELL  COLLIER

2012 EVVY Silver Medalist

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