Oregon Books

If you liked "Mushrooms of Northern California", then you'll love "Flora of Mount Rainier". Once again Mr. Biek provides with an interesting and well informed account of the beauty of the world we live in. A must for naturalists and anyone who appreciates the great outdoors.

A thorough exploration of the flora of Mount Rainier. Perfect for naturalists, hikers and anyone who points to a flower and wants an answer to the perennial " What is that?" Ideal for anyone who who loves the outdoors and is insatiably curious about the environment around them. Obviously well-researched. Great illustrations and photos.

FODOR'S OREGON is a great book about Oregon. Whether you want to learn about the big-city pleasures of the Portland area, with its colleges and universities, major shopping malls and various other unique stores, smaller cities such as Eugene (home to the University of Oregon), Salem, and Corvallis (location of Oregon State University), or the highly rural eastern part of the state, which features great natural beauty and plenty of hiking areas to get in shape for your significant other and/or your favorite celebrity. This book is a wonderful addition to any travel library.

Foders reference books are the greatest! They give you so much information but in an very orderly manner. Lots of extras and out-of-the-way places to see along the way. A+++++

John Quick's book is one of my favorite books, ever. About a young, precocious, inquisitive boy trying to make sense of the illogical world of adults, and the joy of growing up in a small coastal town. Each chapter reads like it's own story. The author's reflections and remembrances are laugh-out-loud funny, a few are sad, some have elements of both. In my house the book stays out and gets picked up often because you can open it in the middle and read a chapter, or read the whole book (it's hard to stop once you start). And it's just as good the second or third time as the first. I'm taking it to my Mom's for Christmas so we can read the wonderful Christmas chapter out loud.

Highly recommended!

Reading John Quick is true pleasure. He is a natural storyteller. He puts me in mind of men of my grandfathers generation. Laughing, cursing and loving their life and memories they spoke from the center of their beings and and knew they had drawn us closer. It is a delight to find John Quick can both tell a story and share it with us through his gifted writing.

Mr. Jackson has produced a classic. With his accurate pen and ink drawings of dozens of the most valuable collecor cars in the world and with their histories, descriptions,and specifications the book is a must for any avid car buff...His close association with the Harrah's Car Collection in Reno Nevada with its original ownership of 1200 collector cars and world famous restoration facilities gives an insight to Bill Harrah's aim to own the greatest cars that still existed.

He enhances the book with his own history of growing up in an isolated Oregon coast Town and with his auto related adventures and mis-adventures with bootleggers and erratic relativews. The book is definitly a keeper.

Bob Jackson was born in Westlake, Oregon, and still lives there on the Oregon Coast, just a few miles from Florence. He is the author of several books about the area in the 1920s, including HELLS HOLE AND BATTLE BEACH, The Westlake Story. His latest book is obviously the culmination of years of work, the proof of his lifelong passion for beautiful automobiles, sketching and writing. The book contains not only amusing recollections of life on the shores of Siltcoos Lake, in a tiny isolated logging community, but also dozens of on-location drawings of classic cars from the Harrah's Automobile Collection in Spark's Nevada. This 163 page book will appeal to anyone interested in Oregon history, classic cars, boats and airplanes. As a Bookstore Owner in Florence, Oregon, I am proud to recommend this high quality, beautifully crafted, book to my customers.

I am planning my first trip to Oregon and found this book to be extremely thorough and informative. I am amazed at how much information is in this book concerning places to stay, eat, and visit.

Frommers Guides provide a well rounded informational review of a particular area. The Oregon Guide is no exception. The reviews of restaurants that we tried were spot on. As well, the overviews of cities were written pretty accurately. It is great for all parts of Oregon, giving equal importance to each region - north, south, west coast, east, and Portland. This is not the book to get if you are wanting more back road information or fully off the beaten path and into nature facts. For that, the Moon guides are a bit better. Overall, definitely buy this one if you would like a full overview with well written and reviewed places to see in Oregon.

This book makes important and original contributions to the understanding of Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier. It teaches valuable lessons for today's Americans. I am reading this as a gradutate student of history at the University of North Dakota. It is informative and rich in detail as any textbook with footnotes, but surprisingly easy to read and understand. (Unlike too many post-graduate dissertations.)

(Full Disclosure: I am a student of Dr. Prescott's.)

I heartily recommend this easy-to-read-and-follow work in the areas of western history (with real women included and portrayed) and for anyone ready to advance beyond 'hollywood history' of the American Northwest.

Buy this book to read, learn and enjoy!

Dr. Prescott offers an insightful look at first and second generation settlers in Oregon's Willamette Valley during the mid-to-late 19th century. Dr. Prescott contends that favorable farming conditions in addition to generous land grants made it possible for women as well as men to progress very quickly from frontier farming roles to a more consumer-oriented middle class way of life. Using the diaries of Maria Locey, the quilts of Zeralda Carpenter Bones Stone, and many other sources, Dr. Prescott presents a very readable glimpse of pioneer life in Oregon.

This book manages to smoothly move along several tracks. The historical track captures vividly the amazing
risks taken by families during that brief period of western expansion before the golden spike changed it
forever. The contemporary journey with Braden's family is full of hilarious observations of various things and people found along what's left of the Oregon Trail. The stops in what pass for "campgrounds" and the characters
encountered there made me put down the book to laugh. The third track, which was perhaps the most compelling, was the author's attempt at chasing down and describing some aspect of the American character that still permeates modern living, an ongoing search for deeper resonances than appear on the surface. I was struck by how he managed to conjure up intimations of this in me. Little shadows of epihanies hiding between
the words in this casually told but utterly engrossing tale.

This is a wonderful intermixing of a contemporary family and a historical account of a journey west following the trail of the early settlers as they traced the path of the 1840 wagon trail to Oregon. It fully recognizes the tragedies and challenges of the early settlers while sharing the humorous adventurous of the struggling efforts of the author's own family. A very good read!

Heaven Bound represents what all true art forms are---they entertain yet make us think. We agree with your view of heaven.

Interesting interaction between the artist and the poet. Paintings are well reproduced. Poems pithy and to the point, quirky and fun. I would recommend this one to any one interested in both poetry and the fine arts.

This book weaves the history of Oregon into its hike descriptions making it stand out from other hiking books. I had never been to Oregon before and the author is my tour guide as she describes the history of different parts of Oregon as well as the geology and plants and animals. The author also promotes responsible hiking with her dogs. I hike with my dog everywhere and this book gave me the nuts and bolts information I needed for how to train my dog for the trail and where to purchase gear which was very helpful.

This is a very well researched and written hiking book about Oregon. It stands above the crowd with its well researched hike descriptions (especially the Munra Point hike) which are filled with history and interesting geologic tidbits about Oregon. It is obvious the author loves what she does!

This book should be on the shelf of every historian. It gives a graphic description of the importance, and necessity, of ferries in the development of the Northwest. And the photos are great, too!

This book is an excellent reference on the historic ferries that used to cross the rivers in Oregon. The author has put a lot of work into writing this book.