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Editor Matt Love has given us a book that, for one thing, provides excellent depictions of pre-boomtime Oregon. One gets a real sense of life in this state prior to the mid-1970s when the timber economy was still humming along.
From the speeches of iconic Governor Tom McCall to Ralph Friedman's compelling essay on the self-publication of his celebrated book "Oregon for the Curious" and the account of the filming of "Sometimes a Great Notion" on the central coast, the book takes us newcomers back to what it was like before a lot of us got here.
Just think of how good life here is now, then double it.
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Citadel of the Spirit: Oregon's Sesquicentennial Anthology by Matt Love
lonesetback, February 20, 2009
Editor Matt Love has given us a book that, for one thing, provides excellent depictions of pre-boomtime Oregon. One gets a real sense of life in this state prior to the mid-1970s when the timber economy was still humming along.From the speeches of iconic Governor Tom McCall to Ralph Friedman's compelling essay on the self-publication of his celebrated book "Oregon for the Curious" and the account of the filming of "Sometimes a Great Notion" on the central coast, the book takes us newcomers back to what it was like before a lot of us got here.
Just think of how good life here is now, then double it.
(5 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)