HUNTLEY PROJECT — A lifetime habit of keeping detailed journals of the day’s events has evolved into a book for a Huntley Project native who became a counter spy for the FBI.
Dorwin Schreuder lives in Bozeman now, but grew up here and graduated from Huntley Project High School. During his FBI career, he kept detailed notes of cases and assignments, diaries his grandson Adam discovered in his home one day and encouraged him to publish.
“I had no intention of writing a book when I started,” Schreuder said, although he saw the value of preserving his stories for his grandchildren and beyond. His father was part of his inspiration to create the book, “Grandpa’s Diary, From Country Boy to Counter Spy.”
“My dad was a great storyteller,” Schreuder said, “and when he died it was like burning a library.”
At first, “I thought, I’d write down his story.” But then, he attended his 50th class reunion here, which led to a lot of “remember when” stories with classmates about their early years.
Those classmates told him he should write a book.
“I had so much encouragement,” he said. Some of his friends (who appear in some of his stories) wanted more stories about the early homestead days. Some wanted to hear more about his FBI days.
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