||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY |||
Celebrating Living High, the remarkable story of June & Farrar Burn. First published in 1941, Living High has remained in print through decades. The new edition includes previously unseen photographs and an expanded epilogue by Skye Burn, June & Farrar’s granddaughter.
The program on Sunday, June 11 at 2 p.m. will include readings from Living High, photographs, original recordings of Farrar’s songs, and an introduction to the June & Farrar Project. In partnership with Orcas Island Historical Museums and Darvill’s Bookstore.
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Here is a great in-depth article about June and Farrar, an amazing couple:
https://www.historylink.org/File/21345
True islanders , for certain. I notice that they never complained much about occasional missed scheduled runs of the the WSF boats.