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Dan Strawn
After retiring from dual careers in business and education, Dan Strawn now lives in Vancouver, Washington with his wife, Sandi and their border collie, Idaho.
His stories and ess...view moreAfter retiring from dual careers in business and education, Dan Strawn now lives in Vancouver, Washington with his wife, Sandi and their border collie, Idaho.
His stories and essays have appeared in various editions of Idaho Magazine and in Trail Blazer Magazine. Everyman’s Smalltown, his essay about Moscow, Idaho, was a finalist entry in the University of Oregon’s 2005, Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest.
He has edited and self published three books: "The TVidiot," a children’s novel written by his son; "What War?," Fred Benton’s memoir of the Korean conflict, and "Lame Bird’s Legacy," his own novel about the Nez Perce War of 1877. His novel, Isaac’s Gun, an American Tale, is being published by Bluewood Publishing, Ltd., and is scheduled for release in the spring of 2011.
Strawn is a member of the board of directors, Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation, works with the Nez Perce National Historic Park as an interpreter of the Nez Perce experience at Park sites and at both elementary and high schools.
On occasion he teaches for the mature learning division of Clark Community College in Vancouver. In September of 2008, he took Clark College students to Eastern Oregon and Idaho. Ttheir purpose: experience first-hand the Nez Perce story they studied about.view less