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Born Grace Hartley Edgington in Wasco, Oregon in 1892 to a doctor and a schoolteacher, she graduated with an honors degree in English from the University of Oregon.
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Home Below Hell's Canyon
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During the depression days of the early 1930s the Jordan family-Len Jordan (later governor of Idaho and a United States senator), his wife Grace, and their three small children-moved to an Idaho sheep ranch in the Snake River gorge just below Hell's Canyon, the deepest scratch on the face of North America. "Cut off from the world for months at a time, the Jordans became virtually self-sufficient. Short of cash but long on courage, they raised and preserved their food, made their own soap, and educated their children."-Sterling North, New York World-Telegram "Home Below Hell's Canyon is valuable because it writes a little-known way of life into the national chronicle. We are put in touch with the kind of people who set the country on its feet and in the generations since have kept it there. . . . Primarily it is a book of courage and effort tempered by the warmth of those who trust in goodness and practice it."-Christian Science Monitor "The thrilling story of a modern pioneer family. . . . An intensely human account filled with fun, courage and rich family life."-Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Home Below Hell's Canyon by Grace Jordan (1962-10-01)
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Grace Jordan
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She was the wife of former Idaho governor and United States Senator Leonard B. Jordan. Following graduation, she worked as a journalist in Eugene and Lewiston, Idaho. In 1946, Len was elected to the state senate and in 1950, he was elected governor.
The family moved to Boise where she served as First Lady of Idaho for four years.
Jordan"s first book, Home Below Hells Canyon was published in 1954. A memoir of her time along the Snake River, it has since been translated into several languages and remains her best-known work.
Several other books about Idaho life followed and Jordan wrote poetry and taught creative writing at several Idaho universities. In August 1962, Len was appointed to the United States Senate seat vacated by the death of Henry Dworshak.
Three months later, Len was elected to complete the remaining four years of the term and the Jordans relocated to Washington District of Columbia
He was re-elected in 1966, but chose not to run in 1972 and they retired from public service. Grace Jordan"s book The Unintentional Senator describes this time in their life. They are buried in the Cloverdale Cemetery in west Boise.
Grace Jordan School in the Boise School District is named in her honor.
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Home Below Hell's Canyon
(During the depression days of the early 1930s the Jordan ...)
- Home Below Hell's Canyon by Grace Jordan (1962-10-01)
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Home Below Hell's Canyon
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In 1923, she became a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women when she was initiated as a convention Honor Initiate.
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