Horse logger/poet Dufour launches new book

Most folks know Lorne Dufour best as a horse logger, or maybe as a poet. He’s spent a lifetime in the woods, raising his family there and using his big teams of Clydesdale horses to harvest trees gently and carefully from the land, working with the forces of nature to make a living in a slowed down manner. Lorne is a great storyteller. He has written about his experiences over the last 35 years in both prose and verse, publishing two books of poetry describing his big beautiful horses and backwoods lifestyle. Spit On Wishes came out first in 1983, then Starting From Promise in 2001. He has also published a number of other poems and articles in anthologies like Lived Experience - A Journal From the Mountains of BC, and regularly posts his work on the bulletin board in the Gecko Tree Restaurant for all to see. This month Lorne is set to launch his latest book, Jacob’s Prayer, published by Caitlin Press of Halfmoon Bay. Here Lorne combines his story telling prowess with his poetry to recount a poignant moment in the rich literary history of the Cariboo Chilcotin. His story recounts a tragic incident that occurred on Halloween night in 1975 when Lorne was a school teacher in the village of Esket. That night two prominent men, school principal John Rathjen, and rancher Martin Reidemann, lost their lives in Alkali Lake. A third man, author, Lorne Dufour, was saved by a friend, Jacob Roper...WilliamsLakeTribune