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Despite his advancing years, Corky Williams can still tell a spellbinding tale. Contributed photo
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Book about Corky Williams to launch Nov. 6 and Sage Birchwater will be at Caryall Books Nov. 5, noon – 2 p.m. for a booksigning of Corky Williams: Cowboy Poet of the Cariboo Chilcotin and the following evening, Nov. 6, they, along with fellow author John Schreiber, will launch their respective books in a special museum presentation to be held in City Council chambers at 7 p.m. Each will present
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their books as well as a slide presentation and then open up for discussion with the audience. There may also be some recitations. In Schreiber’s book, The Junction, the author invites the reader to join him on a journey into the hidden corners of B.C.’s Cariboo Chilcotin. Schreiber will be at a book-signing at Caryall Books Nov. 6, 2 – 4 p.m.
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Williams and he performed on some of the major stages across the United States. But by 2007, Corky, longing for the wideopen spaces of B.C.’s Cariboo, moved back to Williams Lake. “After living in Texas for 15 years, I just got a wild hair up my ass to get up and come back to Canada,” Corky said. Corky became known as one of Western Canada’s most beloved cowboy poets, performing his spoken word stories and poetry across the province. With the expert guidance of B.C. storyteller Sage Birchwater, Corky and Jeanine tell the story of their wild and sometimes poignant adventures in the rough-and-tumble world of B.C.’s Chilcotin ranching country. Birchwater is the author of Flyover: British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin Coast (Country Light Publishing), Chiwid (New Star Books) and Williams Lake: Gateway to the Cariboo Chilcotin. He was a co-writer of The Legendary Betty Frank (Caitlin Press) and the editor of Gumption & Grit: Extraordinary Women. Corkey Williams
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In 1971, Corky Williams and his wife, Jeanine, moved from Los Angeles to Anahim Lake, B.C., to become ranchers. Corky had grown up on a ranch in Texas along the Mexican border before heading to LA to work in the film industry, but the learning curve was steep for the family as they tried to get used to extremely cold temperatures, marauding grizzly bears, rogue cows and hordes of bloodthirsty mosquitoes. In the West Chilcotin, a country known to be hell on dogs and women, Jeanine said, they thrived. “I loved the ranching life,” she said. But after a freak accident at the Anahim Lake Stampede, Corky, unable to continue life as a rancher, returned to his previous career as an actor. He got his big break when he was chosen to perform at Expo 86. He acquired an agent in Vancouver and landed parts in television shows like CBC’s The Beachcombers and CTV’s Bordertown. After Corky and Jeanine split up in 1990, Corky moved back to Texas to work in theatre productions with his brother Jaston
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