Child of Steens Mountain

by Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker and Barbara J. Scot

For Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker, born in 1927 to an Irish immigrant sheep rancher and a school teacher, growing up on a homestead in the West made for "a hard, happy life with layers of riches." McVicker's memoir of a childhood spent on the southern slope of Steens Mountain offers a real-life, personal account of eastern Oregon history.An "outdoor child" all her life, McVicker tells stories that revolve around life on the ranch-tending sheep, picking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870712977
• ISBN13: 9780870712975
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"