Outdoor Adventurer To Speak at Third Thursday Event
Gary Courtney, native Oklahoma author, photographer, and historian, will be the speaker at the Grove Public Library's Third Thursday on Oct. 18, at 12 noon. His talk will be followed by a book signing. The public is invited, and brown bag lunches are in order.
Courtney will talk on the famous or infamous Cookson Hills of eastern Oklahoma and the outlaws and people of the area. For most of the last ten years, Gary Courtney has lived on a mountain top overlooking Lake Tenkiller, in the heart of the Cookson Hills, where he roamed as a boy and young man, fishing, hunting, camping, cave exploring, and Scuba diving. He moved there to observe, interview, research, explore, photograph, and to write about the area history and pioneers.
One result of his work is the book, "The Historic Cookson Hills Dictionary – Old Time & Slang Words & Phases." Courtney's latest book will be out in about a month. It is "Carl Janaway – Smartest Bandit of the Cookson Hills." The author is working on a book in progress for ten years, "Cookson Hills Chronicles."
The Cookson Hills Dictionary contains a history of the area with color photographs, tourist information and information on the notorious cave hideouts of outlaws on the run.
Courtney is noted for his outdoor attire which includes an old felt hat, blue jeans, and flannel shirt, topped by a big Bowie knife. His cameras are always nearby.
Beginning over seven years ago, he previewed chapters of his books to the public on his online magazine and as front page feature stories in the "Oklahoma Legend" weekly in Tahlequah. His two month-long museum exhibits at Northeastern State University featured the history of the area.
Courtney has a tie to Grove and the northeast Oklahoma area. His grandfather, James Grover Cleveland Tillman, was born in this area in 1891. Courtney now lives in Broken Arrow and Colorado.
Third Thursday is a program about books and authors sponsored by the Friends of the Grove Public Library and the library.
Drinks and dessert are provided.
Courtney will talk on the famous or infamous Cookson Hills of eastern Oklahoma and the outlaws and people of the area. For most of the last ten years, Gary Courtney has lived on a mountain top overlooking Lake Tenkiller, in the heart of the Cookson Hills, where he roamed as a boy and young man, fishing, hunting, camping, cave exploring, and Scuba diving. He moved there to observe, interview, research, explore, photograph, and to write about the area history and pioneers.
One result of his work is the book, "The Historic Cookson Hills Dictionary – Old Time & Slang Words & Phases." Courtney's latest book will be out in about a month. It is "Carl Janaway – Smartest Bandit of the Cookson Hills." The author is working on a book in progress for ten years, "Cookson Hills Chronicles."
The Cookson Hills Dictionary contains a history of the area with color photographs, tourist information and information on the notorious cave hideouts of outlaws on the run.
Courtney is noted for his outdoor attire which includes an old felt hat, blue jeans, and flannel shirt, topped by a big Bowie knife. His cameras are always nearby.
Beginning over seven years ago, he previewed chapters of his books to the public on his online magazine and as front page feature stories in the "Oklahoma Legend" weekly in Tahlequah. His two month-long museum exhibits at Northeastern State University featured the history of the area.
Courtney has a tie to Grove and the northeast Oklahoma area. His grandfather, James Grover Cleveland Tillman, was born in this area in 1891. Courtney now lives in Broken Arrow and Colorado.
Third Thursday is a program about books and authors sponsored by the Friends of the Grove Public Library and the library.
Drinks and dessert are provided.
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