Northwest Books

Fire in Her Soul is a captivating book about a lady who campaigns for the right to vote in 1888. It is such an intriguing story. I couldn't put the book down and stayed up all night reading it.

Like many people, the author spent several summers atop a fire lookout in the middle of nowhere. He has a thorough list of almost every single lookout that was ever commissioned in OR, WA, and MT - which ones are still around, which ones are still operational, and which ones were ironically burnt by the Forest Service. In addition, there are plenty of colorful stories about the brave men and women who lived a very unique existence.

If you've ever tried to learn about the people who inhabited the Los Angeles area prior to colonization, you understand what a frustrating task it is. It comes in bits and pieces, often almost accidentally discovered (ever try looking up "Gabrielino" in a library computer?).

In a well-organized, clearly-written manner, William McCawley has taken the scraps out of the basket and fashioned a beautiful quilt that brings light and life to an oft-maligned people.

He has done an amazing amount of research in putting together this volume. If "God is in the details", then it is the details of religion and custom that elevate a people from the mere "diggers" I learned about in school to an intelligent society well-adapted to its environment. This is an essential resource for anyone studying or teaching about California (including fourth-grade teachers), and invaluable to those who simply enjoy learning more about Southern California history.

The Story of all 29 voyages to the Pacific Coast Before 1792 between what is now the California-Oregon Border & the Bering Sea

This is a book enjoyed by both my husband and I. The author writes a book which is easy to read, well researched and if you can find it well worth buying.

Fishing Alaska's streams, lakes, and salt water is often anything but a placid experience. Sometimes anglers are hapless players in a comedy, ducking fly hooks, dodging competitive bears, and diving in to retrieve runaway fishing poles. You might say it looks like the Keystone Kops at times. As sports editor for the Anchorage Daily News, Lew Freedman has heard stories you wouldn't believe. But who says fishermen are truthful? Here's a collection of Lew's favorites: wacky tales from the water's edge.

The Flaming Forest is unapologetic northern Romance in the grandest tradition. Curwood's love for the Canadian north is a little jarring at first, at least to a jaded Canadian such as myself, but in his hands Canada is transformed into a land of mystery and myth, a place where the Mountie still gets his man and the French Canadian rivermen (with their scarlet headscarves) are forever singing, and where the French Canadian daughter of a river baron is too lovely for words (although Curwood sure does try), and where bad guys have names like "Black Roger Audemard". At the same time, the novel was less of an adventure than a love story/ mystery. The mystery was a page-turner, and the love story was all you could ask for -- just don't expect a two-fisted, pulp style adventure.

Very good art work and easy to read. Like the coil binding so that the book will lay flat at the bench.

This is an outstanding narrative for reading aloud to second graders studying Alaska, birds, or migration. It's inspiring, well-written, and full of powerful vocabulary. Lovely, realistic watercolor illustrations.

A great follow-up to the first Trout & Beyond, with more esoteric adventures of Jim & friends in the real world hunting real fish most of us wouldn't fish for in the first place. Buy them both!