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Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest

by Katharine Berry Judson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

Presented here with 52 photographs, these traditional stories, first collected in 1910, reveal myths and traditions of creation, the salmon and noted geographical features of the territory. (PNW17, $14.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. (PNW50, $19.95)

Oregon Map

by Benchmark Maps

  • MAP

A folded road map of Oregon at a scale of 1:1,100,000. (PNW166, $7.95)

 
Columbia River Gorge Map

Columbia River Gorge Map


by Trails Illustrated

  • 2009
  • MAP

This topo map, printed on tear- and water resistant paper, shows this popular recreation area. (PNW251, $11.95)

Mount Hood Map


by Trails Illustrated

  • 2009
  • MAP

This topo map, printed on tear- and water resistant paper, shows this popular recreation area. (PNW252, $11.95)

Driving the Pacific Coast, Oregon and Washington

Driving the Pacific Coast, Oregon and Washington


by Kathy Strong

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 201 PAGES

A touring guide for the Pacific Coast. (PNW75, $13.95)

Frommer's Portable Portland

Frommer's Portable Portland


by Karl Samson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 158 PAGES

A practical travel guide to Portland, featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (PNW219, $12.99)

Hidden Pacific Northwest, Including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Victoria, and Coastal British Columbia

Hidden Pacific Northwest, Including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Victoria, and Coastal British Columbia


by Eric Lucas

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 648 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to attractions, sites and natural areas throughout the Pacific Northwest. With regional and local sketch maps and selective recommendations for where to stay and eat. (PNW13, $19.95)

The Rogue River, A Comprehensive Guide from Prospect to Gold Beach

The Rogue River, A Comprehensive Guide from Prospect to Gold Beach


by Matt Leidecker

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

Leidecker's comprehensive, practical guide features detailed topographic maps with mile-by-mile text and plenty of information, including regional history and a diagramed exploration of the Rogue's geology. Printed on waterproof paper. (PNW232, $25.00)

A Chef's Bounty, Celebrating Oregon's Cuisine


by William King

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 196 PAGES

With original recipes and color photographs, this book is a tribute to Oregon's diverse culinary landscape, divided into seven regions. (PNW247, $29.95)

Dungeness Crabs and Blackberry Cobblers


by Janie Hibler

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Full of personal reminiscences, geography, history and, of course, recipes, this cookbook doubles as a guide to the Northwest's culinary heritage and the blending of the food traditions from the Native Americans to various later settlers. (PNW248, $21.95)

Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon


by Kay Atwood

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER

Atwood weaves a captivating tale of the miners, packers, farmers and families who settled southern Oregon's rugged Rogue River Canyon in the 1860s. (PNW236, $19.95)

Requiem for a People, The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen


by Stephen Beckham

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

Originally published in 1974, Stephen Dow Beckham's classic history of the 1855-1856 and the Rogue River Indian wars opens with a sketch of the mountains and river canyons of region, documenting ways of life in the region before the arrival of homesteaders and miners. (PNW237, $17.95)

Breaking into the Backcountry


by Steve Edwards

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Edwards shares stories of seven months in "unparalleled solitude" along the Rogue River. (PNW282, $16.95)

Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon

Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon


by Chuck Palahniuk

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

Novelist Palahniuk's appreciative, decidedly eccentric account of his adopted city (and the other oddballs it has attracted), strong on local flavor and personality. (PNW150, $16.95)

Owning It All

Owning It All


by William Kittredge

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

A beautifully written memoir of growing up on a ranch in Oregon's Warner Valley in the 1930s by one of the great writers on the American West. (PNW49, $15.00)

Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone

Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone


by John Daniel

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

In this lyrical chronicle of five months alone in the wilderness of Southwestern Oregon, Daniel writes not only of the nature and beauty of the Rogue River Valley but also of his coming of age in the 1950s and 1960s with a powerful, difficult father -- a key personality in the American labor movement. Winner of the 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. (PNW233, $16.00)

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life


by Francis Parkman | David Levin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

The original, 19th-century account by the great American historian and romantic, based in part on the author's wanderings on the Oregon Trail through the plains of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. (USW369, $16.00)

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West


by Stephen Ambrose

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Ambrose recreates the high adventure and politics of late 18th-century America in this classic history, rich in details of Native American life, geography, flora and fauna. (USW20, $18.00)

The Living, A Novel


by Annie Dillard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist Annie Dillard tries her hand at fiction in this tale of 19th-century pioneers, adjusting to a difficult new life in the Pacific Northwest. (PNW108, $14.99)

Winterkill

Winterkill


by Craig Lesley

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A highly acclaimed novel by a Pacific Northwest literary lion, this book is a tale of fathers and sons, of modern Native American life, of the salmon and the spirit world. (PNW117, $17.00)

Rivers of America

Rivers of America


by Tim Palmer

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER

Palmer celebrates the natural history of America's waterways in 200 dazzling color photographs and accompanying incisive essays on the vital role of rivers. A Discovery Channel Book Club. (NAT148, $45.00)

The Good Rain

The Good Rain


by Timothy Egan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

An excellent portrait of the region. Egan travels along the Columbia River in the footsteps of 1853 visionary Theodore Winthrop through Washington and Oregon, focusing on the history, people and natural resources. (PNW11, $14.95)

The Great Northwest Nature Factbook

The Great Northwest Nature Factbook


by Ann Saling

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 223 PAGES

From rain forests to glaciers and geoducks to rattlesnakes, this is a fun, take-along guide filled with fascinating facts about Washington, Oregon and Idaho. (PNW230, $14.95)

The Klamath Knot


by David Rains Wallace

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER

The 20th-anniversary edition of Wallace's celebrated meditation on the natural history, myth and meaning of the Klamath mountains of northern California and southern Oregon. (CAL251, $21.95)

The Restless Northwest, A Geological Story

The Restless Northwest, A Geological Story


by Hill Williams

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A popular geological history of the region by a native Washingtonian and former science writer for the Seattle Times. He divides the book between ancient and quaternary geology, explaining not only the formation of the varied terrain but also the ongoing geologic processes giving shape to the landscape. (PNW135, $19.95)

The Rogue: Portrait of a River

The Rogue: Portrait of a River


by Roger Dorband

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 191 PAGES

Dorband's large-format color photographs of the Rogue capture the grandeur and beauty of this wild and scenic river. With quotations by western writer Zane Grey and a forward by Oregon's governor John Kitzhaber. (PNW234, $49.95)

Northwestern Seashore Life, Alaska to Oregon

Northwestern Seashore Life, Alaska to Oregon


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

This laminated, fold-out guide to almost 150 species of whales, birds, plants and other inhabitants of the Northwest coast is a handy, pocket-size reference for quick identification. (PNW105, $5.95)

Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest

Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest


by Eugene Kozloff

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 264 PAGES

A convenient single-volume introduction to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. Divided by habitat, it covers plant life in detail with some information on associated invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and a few mammals. (PNW10, $35.00)

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska


by Andy MacKinnon | Jim Pojar

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A terrific handbook to nearly 800 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. (PNW02, $24.95)

Roadside Geology Series, Oregon

Roadside Geology Series, Oregon


by David D. Alt

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

Designed for the roadside traveler, this series explains in detail the geologic history of each of the states as seen through the window. (PNW65, $16.00)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)

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