A Long, Long Trail

About the Book

A long life fully lived might appropriately be documented in some concrete, long-lasting, retrievable form. So, at the risk of being charged with hubris, I here have accounted for those years, giving credit to ones who accompanied me along the way and implying the values that have motivated me. It has been a life of striving, of involvement, of reaching out for new experience, of celebrating successes and learning from failures. This journey has been deeply rewarding, taking me from the onion fields of Western Colorado to the tranquil forests of Central Oregon, through junior high classrooms and hotel conference rooms, over High Sierra passes, to the offices of government and to many foreign countries. Here I share that life story.

About the Author

Kent Gill taught junior high students for thirty-eight years in English and History classes in three western states. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1950, with graduate study following at the University of Oregon, University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. He and his wife, Lois Haverland Gill (she was also a teacher), are parents of three children, with six grandchildren and one great granddaughter. He was an outdoor enthusiast and visitor to the wilderness, mayor of Davis, California, director and president of the Sierra Club, advocate for environmental values, and leader in how to teach writing. In retirement in idyllic Camp Sherman, Oregon, he and Lois have “majored” in travel to four continents and across the U.S. They now winter in Arizona.