Synopses & Reviews
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressMs. Goeres-Gardner has presented an impressively researched and meticulously documented examination of the history of legal executions in Oregon from the beginning of the territorial period until the time when executions were moved to the state penitentiary in Salem.
About the Author
Diane Goeres-Gardner is a fifth-generation Oregonian whose ancestors came to the region in 1852, settling in Tillamook County. A retired reading instructor, school administrator and mother of two, Diane lives in Umpqua Valley with her husband and "my little shadow, Cody Dog."