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  • Portland

    by Walter Fortner ...
    Series series Postcard History
    The year was 1901, and Portland, Oregon, was celebrating its 50th birthday, having grown from a community of 821 people to become the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. A small change in postal regulations that year opened the door to the production of the picture postcard, and collecting these cards quickly became a popular hobby. Many of these cards survive today and provide a glimpse of ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Latch Key of My Bookhouse (Unabridged)

    by Olive Beaupre Miller ...
    Narrated by Robert Wilson, Walter Fortner, Georgia Gamboa ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    In the quaint town of Sunnybrook Farm, nestled amidst rolling hills and whispering willows, a captivating tale unfolds. "The Latch Key of My Bookhouse" invites you into the enchanting world of Mary Rose, a spirited young girl with an unquenchable thirst for adventure. As she embarks on a journey through the pages of her beloved Bookhouse, Mary Rose discovers a hidden key that unlocks a realm of ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • All God's Children

    by Rene Denfeld ...
    James Daniel Nelson first hit the streets as a teenager in 1992. He joined a clutch of runaways and misfits who camped out together in a squat under a Portland bridge. Within a few months the group -- they called themselves a "family" -- was arrested for a string of violent murders.While Nelson sat in prison, the society he had helped form grew into a national phenomenon. Street families spread to ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest

    by Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown, Cary C Collins ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse peoples. Now, in the wake of renewed tribal self-determination, this revised edition reflects the many ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Opal

    The Journal of an Understanding Heart

    by Opal Whiteley ...
    A lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned six-year-old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century. 24 black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Chinook Resilience

    Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River

    by Jon D. Daehnke ...
    Series series Indigenous Confluences
    The Chinook Indian Nation—whose ancestors lived along both shores of the lower Columbia River, as well as north and south along the Pacific coast at the river’s mouth—continue to reside near traditional lands. Because of its nonrecognized status, the Chinook Indian Nation often faces challenges in its efforts to claim and control cultural heritage and its own history and to assert a right to place ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Landscapes of Conflict

    The Oregon Story, 1940-2000

    by William G. Robbins ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. With the passing of time, however, Oregon’s citizens — rural and urban — would find themselves entangled in issues that they had little experience in resolving. The same trees that provided income to timber corporations, small mill ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Building the Columbia River Highway

    They Said It Couldn't Be Done

    by Peg Willis ...
    The story behind the construction of the Oregon scenic highway and the men who made it happen.When nine-hundred-foot ice age floods carved the Columbia River Gorge through the Cascade Mountains to the sea, little space was left for man to form a highway of his own. It took an artist-poet-engineer extraordinaire to conquer this reluctant piece of real estate and produce the nation's first scenic ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Landscapes of Promise

    The Oregon Story, 1800-1940

    by William G. Robbins ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning.Robbins ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland

    by Barney Blalock ...
    In the hardscrabble early days of Portland's seaport, "shanghaiing" or "crimping" ran rampant. The proprietors of crooked saloons and sailors' boardinghouses coerced unwitting patrons to work on commercial ships. Shanghaiers like James Turk, Bunko Kelley and Billy Smith unashamedly forced men into service and stole the wages of their victims. By the 1890s, these shanghaiers had become powerful ... Read more

    $17.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Essays of Charles Dudley Warner

    by Charles Dudley Warner ...
    First published in 1904, this volume contains all the essays of American writer Charles Dudley Warner. contents include: "As We Were Saying", "Rose And Chrysanthemum", "The Red Bonnet", "The Loss In Civilization", "Social Screaming", "Does Refinement Kill Individuality?", "The Directoire Gown", "The Mystery Of The Sex", "The Clothes Of Fiction", "The Broad A", "Chewing Gum", etc. This book is ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Portland Rose Festival

    by George R. Miller, Portland Rose Festival Foundation ...
    Series series Images of America
    At the end of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, the president of the Portland Street Fair and Carnival Association, E.W. Rowe, presented the idea of an annual festival to Portland mayor Harry Lane. From that idea came the first Rose Festival, called the Rose Carnival and Fiesta, held June 20�22, 1907. It was hailed as a huge success. �There is no reason in the world why Portland should not ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus