About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: People from Coos Bay, Oregon, Ken Keyes, Jr., Steve Prefontaine, Claire Falkenstein, David M. Jones, Brandon Mayfield, Egyptian Theatre, James T. Brand, Armin D. Lehmann, Wally Johansen, Jordan Cove Energy Project, KHSN, Mel Counts, Thomas William Ferguson, Jeff Whitty, Pat Fitzsimons, Robert Erwin Johnson, Gerald Strebendt, Marshfield High School, Arnie Roblan, Southwestern Oregon Community College, Joanne Verger, Lauren Newton, Resource Link Charter School, Destinations Academy, George Whitty, KMHS, Bruce Anderson, Oregon Jazz Band, The World, KMHS-FM, KYSJ, Brian Clem, Coos Bay Public Schools, KBAV-LP, Buddy Hayes, MV Crosline, Marshfield Elks Temple, K33AO, Bay Area Hospital Heliport, Coos Art Museum. Excerpt: Ken Keyes, Jr. (January 19, 1921, Atlanta, Georgia - December 20, 1995, Coos Bay, Oregon) was a personal growth author and lecturer, and the creator of the Living Love method, a self-help system. Married four times, Keyes wrote fifteen books on personal growth and social consciousness issues, representing about four million copies distributed overall. Keyes was born an only child to an affluent family in Atlanta. Throughout their lives, he was close to his father and especially to his mother, despite her eventual abuse of alcohol. He suffered from chronic bronchitis and croup in his infant years, and in 1925 his family moved to Miami Beach, Florida in hopes of his benefiting from its sunny climate. His father, Kenneth Keyes Sr., became successful in real estate development there and active in the conservative evangelical wing of the Presbyterian Church. Keyes was not very athletic as a child, but excelled in academics and developed hobbies, such as photography. When he was in high school, his father bought him a small boat, which began his lifelong interest in sailing. Keyes attributed the seeds of the per...
