Dahmen slates reading by author L. Laughy

Author Linwood Laughy will read his “The Fifth Generation: A Nez Perce Tale” at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Saturday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. His new historical novel blends fact and fiction in North Central Idaho. The event is free, and the book is available for purchase at The Shop at the Barn.

Laughy is an Idaho historical guide and storyteller with long ties to the Clearwater Valley. A graduate of Lewiston High School and Harvard College, he interspersed two graduate degrees and a professional career in Alaska with numerous stints at his long-time home on the Middlefork of the Clearwater River. For the past eight years he has provided historical tours to more than four thousand heritage travelers with Lindblad/National Geographic, Elderhostel and other travel organizations. For six years, he was an outfitter in the Clearwater National Forest.