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North Coast authors
recreate 1969 Astoria in
new adventure novel
BY PATRICK WEBB
F
or anyone who remembers Astoria
in 1969, a new novel by North Coast
authors will resonate.
Calvin Cahail and Jim Hallaux describe
“Wind Without Rain” as a “coming-of-
age” story.
It is their fi rst collaboration. Cahail has
published two science fi ction stories as
well as a political thriller. This is Hallaux’s
fi rst book.
North Coast residents
Calvin Cahail, left, and
Jim Hallaux have spent
the last year co-writing
a coming-of-age novel
about two Tongue Point
Job Corps Students
in Astoria. The
adventure
takes place
in 1969.
Patrick
Webb
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The two met in the basement of the
First Christian Church in Astoria. Cahail
was making sandwiches for an outreach
program and Hallaux offered to help.
Their friendly banter led Hallaux, an
Astoria native who had moved back to
his hometown, to play tour guide. Explor-
ing Tongue Point, Cahail suggested that
the mysterious fenced-off portions could
make a movie setting.
See Novel, Page C5
MORE INFO
“Wind Without
Rain” By Calvin
Cahail and Jim
Hallaux
Paperback, $14.95.
Available at
Godfather’s Books,
Astoria, Beach
Books, Seaside,
Cloud and Leaf,
Manzanita, and
at Astoria Sunday
Market; eBook
from amazon.com,
$2.99
windwithout
rainbook.com