DURYEA, JOHN S WITH OSO BARTLETT — Alive Into the Wilderness an Autobiography

Palo Alto, CA: Coastlight Press, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0960628835. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, by the author. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in genreally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "According to the Palo Alto Weekly (July 25, 2006) , he "became nationally famous, or infamous, for announcing on January 18, 1976, in his sermon at St. Ann's Chapel in Palo Alto that he had 'done the one thing the (Catholic Church) institution will not tolerate. I have fallen in love.' "That spring, he married artist Eve De Bona and became stepfather to her two daughters, Leslie and Ariel Gore. On the same day, he received a letter from the Archbishop of San Francisco, Joseph T. McGucken, informing him that he had been excommunicated by Pope Paul VI. Following his dismissal from St. Ann's and excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church, Duryea founded the Angelo Roncalli Community, named for Pope John XXIII. He continued celebrating mass with that community on Sundays, for over twenty years, using University Lutheran Church in Palo Alto as its meeting place. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good .