Northwest Passages Episode 20: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

Notes by Northwest · Dec 11, 2022 · 7m

This episode completes passages from the Ken Kesey book, Sometimes a Great Notion, which chronicles the story of a tough logging family, the Stampers, in a small Oregon logging town. The patriarch of the family, Henry Stamper, has a motto, Never Give an Inch, and lives it in his actions with his family and the citizens of the small town. The passages we’ll hear today is about the backdrop of a small Oregon town in the dread of November, and we hear a bit about one of the characters who hides a secret.

The author died in 2001 in Oregon, where he lived most of his life, and is remembered for…