Northwest Author Series hosts Bill Hall
‘McCallandia’ novel envisions Gov. Tom McCall as president
CANNON BEACH — Bill Hall, au-
thor of “McCallandia: A Utopian
Novel,” will be the speaker for
the next Northwest Author series
at the Cannon Beach Library.
The event will take place at 2
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13.
“McCallandia” is a novel of
alternate history that imagines
the iconic Oregon Gov. Tom
McCall becoming president of
the United States as successor to
Nixon and how the nation takes a
different and better path. McCall,
who served as Oregon’s governor
from l967 to l975, is best remem-
bered for his quip encouraging
outsiders to “visit but don’t stay.”
However, his administration saw
an unmatched record of accom-
plishment, especially in the en-
vironmental arena — the Bottle
Bill, the Beach Bill, statewide
land use planning and the clean-
up of the Willamette River. In
his book, Hall asks the question,
“What if McCall had become
president of the United States in-
stead of Ronald Reagan?”
Hall is a native Oregonian
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who grew up during McCall’s
governorship and was inspired
by his example to pursue ca-
reers in journalism and politics.
He was a volunteer in McCall’s
ill-fated 1978 comeback cam-
paign for the governorship. Hall
lives in Newport and has served
as a Lincoln County commis-
sioner since 2005.
Hall said he hopes readers
will come away from “McCal-
landia” with a better understand-
ing of how McCall’s leadership
helped shape Oregon, how he
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try for the better, and what he
was like as a husband, father, col-
league and friend. He also hopes
readers will be inspired and look
for ways to carry McCall’s lega-
cy forward. “I hope readers will
have the desire to envision a
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“McCallandia” by author Bill Hall.
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Author Bill Hall will speak Feb. 13 at the
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what Tom McCall’s career was
all about,” Hall says.
Hall had drawn on his report-
ing background to craft a novel
with a structure all its own, com-
bining conventional narrative
with imaginary magazine and
newspaper articles, diary ex-
cerpts, interviews and oral histo-
ry transcripts. The book also in-
cludes an original illustration by
James Cloutier, who produced
the “Oregon Ungreeting” cards
that were popular during the Mc-
Call years.
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brary on the second Saturday of
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