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The Egg and I
by Betty Bar Macdonald  Publisher Comments Reissue of this immortal, hilarious, and heartwarming classic about working a chicken farm in the Northwest....
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Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country Cemetery
by Shannon Applegate Publisher Comments A few years ago, Shannon Applegate was bequeathed a small cemetery in western Oregon. The neglected five acres were not only the burial site for generations of her family and friends but the designated resting ground for many in the nearby, down-on-its...
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Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to Ghost Towns, Mining Camps, and Historic Forts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (Pictorial Discovery Guide)
by Phillip Varney Publisher Comments Get ready for adventure as ghost town expert Philip Varney takes you on a tour of the Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating historic ghost towns, mining camps, fishing villages, lumber towns, and historic forts of Oregon, Washington, and southern...
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Soldier to Advocate: C. E. S. Wood's 1877 Legacy
by George Venn Publisher Comments Soldier to Advocate tells the story of 2nd Lieutenant Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944) who wants to be a lover and a writer. Stationed in 1877 at Vancouver Barracks near Portland, General Howard grants Wood the privilege of exploring Alaska, then...
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Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway
by Michael Taylor Publisher Comments From Portland to the Pacific once ran a road that climbed mountains and crossed rivers, an engineering marvel and a scenic wonder that carried travelers across some of the most rugged land in the Northwest. But as the age of the Model T slipped away, so...
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Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life
by Barbara Drake Review In 1987, Barbara Drake and her husband sold their home in Portland and moved to a farm in western Oregon's Yamhill Valley. In Peace at Heart, Drake reflects on ten years of country living and on the happiness that this rural landscape has brought her...
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Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
by Phil Stanford Publisher Comments It may come as a shock to anyone who regards Portland as a haven for enlightened progressive thought, with light rail and lattes. But not too long ago — in fact, as recently as the 1950s — Portland was known throughout the country as a Mecca of...
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The Far Out Story of Vortex I
by Matt Love Publisher Comments Summer 1970. Portland, Oregon. President Nixon was about to speak at the American Legion convention. The FBI told governor Tom McCall he should expect 25,000 Legionnaires and 50,000 anti-war freaks to clash in the Rose City and make Chicago '68 look...
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The Grail: A Year Ambling and Shambling through an Oregon Vineyard in Pursuit of the Best Pinot Noir Wine in the Whole Wild World
by Brian Doyle Publisher Comments From the red clay hills of Dundee, Oregon, come increasingly world-renowned pinot noir wines. After being startled and delighted by one winery's elixir, and the shaggy humor of the father and son who made it, Brian Doyle set out to spend a year in one...
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Dreams of the West: The History of the Chinese in Oregon 1850 - 1950
by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Portland State University and Ooligan Press 
Publisher Comments Who were the pioneers of the American West? Some of them we already know: European Americans who traveled across North America on horseback, in covered wagons, on foot, or sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Lesser known are the immigrants who, by...
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The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest
by Lawrence Kreisman and Glenn Mason Publisher Comments This magnificent compendium is the first comprehensive exploration of the Arts and Crafts legacy in the Pacific Northwest. It traces the movement from its nineteenth century English beginnings to its flowering in Washington and Oregon through the 1920s...
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Atlas of the Pacific Northwest 9TH Edition
by Philip L Jackson Publisher Comments No other single volume provides more comprehensive and up-to-date information about the natural environment and human activities in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho....
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The Portland Red Guide: Sites and Stories From Our Radical Past
by Michael Munk Publisher Comments A historical guidebook of social dissent in Portland, Oregon, Michael Munk's The Portland Red Guide links notable radicals, their organizations, and their activities to physical sites in the city. With the aide of maps and numerous photos, Munk tells...
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Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters of the Road
by Jessica P. Morrell Publisher Comments Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone, especially if that person is homeless, is given the opportunity to tell it. Thus was born Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters Of The Road, a project with a unique and intimate...
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Renewing Salmon Nation's Food Traditions
by Gary Nabhan
Publisher Comments Renewing Salmon Nation's Food Traditions describes a treasure trove of regional plants and species — some at risk, others recovering. We hope that it can serve as both a reference guide and a historical inventory of species that were once abundant...
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Oregon's Promise: An Interpretive History
by Da Peterson Del Mar Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-306) and index....
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
by Gary Krist Publisher Comments “Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjures forth the avalanche.”—The New York Times In February 1910, a monstrous...
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City Limits: Walking Portland's Boundary
by David Oates Synopsis Reflections on the politics and culture of place, inspired by the author's walk along the entirety of Portland, Oregon's 260+ mile Urban Growth Boundary, through neighborhoods, forests, mountain trails, vineyards, and wide-open wheat fields....
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Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
by Coll Thrush Synopsis NEW IN PAPERBACKAn exploration of the experiences of Native people in Seattle from the city's founding to the present. "[A] vivid new book...Native Seattle chronicles the breathtaking and traumatic pace of change Seattle's Native people have endured, and...
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Wood Works: The Life and Writings of Charles Erskine Scott Wood (Northwest Readers)
by Edwin Bingham Synopsis This first anthology of Wood's writings reintroduces a major figure in the literature and history of the American West. Selections range from Wood's famous rendering of Chief Joseph's "surrender speech" to satirical dialogues from his best-known work...
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