Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 2005 Stevens Literary Prize ÒHe was a quiet man, and he was a great one for writing.Ó ThatÕs how young Sandy Ross first describes the great botanist and explorer David Douglas in this engagingnew historical novel. Grounded in meticulous research about Douglas and his travels through the Pacific Northwest in 1825-27, Olla-piska provides an account of Douglas and a description of what life was like for many different people in the region in the years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Douglas's student, Sandy, who has run away from home to join the HudsonÕs Bay Company, learns about the plants that Douglas methodically collected and identified for science. He befriends TÕCatisa, the daughter of Chinook Chief Cockqua, and they spend time with Douglas as he explores a new landscape. Olla-piska is a good introduction for young people and adults alike to one of the most important scientists and explorers to visit the Columbia country. Margaret J. Anderson lives in Corvallis, Oregon. She is the author of many books for children, including Henri FabreÕs Insects and biographies of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton.
Synopsis
Tells the story of botanist and explorer David Douglas's travels through the Pacific Northwest in 1825-1827, from the point of view of a young apprentice.
Synopsis
Winner of the 2005 Stevens Literary Prize
Douglas's student, Sandy, who has run away from home to join the Hudson's Bay Company, learns about the plants that Douglas methodically collected and identified for science. He befriends T?Catisa, the daughter of Chinook Chief Cockqua, and they spend time with Douglas as he explores a new landscape. Olla-piska is a good introduction for young people and adults alike to one of the most important scientists and explorers to visit the Columbia country.