by Site Owner | Sep 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Authors, NW Publishers
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oregon State University Press Formats: Paperback, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Jim Lichatowich’s book Salmon, People, and Place takes readers on a...
by Dick Weissman | Jul 15, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
The title is a little misleading, because the book is about far more than music. It is a history of Chemawa Indian School, one of a number of Indian boarding schools established in 1879 by the Department of the Interior. The author shows how the pendulum, and the...
by Site Owner | Nov 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
A Seriously Endangered Species By Jesse D’Elia & Susan M. Haig Oregon State University Press, $22.95, 208 pages When a research project is carried out diligently and enthusiastically, the outcome can be satisfying even when the results are inconclusive. The...
by Site Owner | Oct 11, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Portland Publishers
The Woman Beside Linus Pauling By Mina Carson Oregon State University Press, 228 pages, $22.95 “Already her prominence as Mrs. Pauling made her a desirable speaker, and she addressed the Los Angeles chapter on “World Development” in 1956, her talk...
by Site Owner | May 20, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
A Taste of Utopia in Oregon By J.J. Kopp Oregon State University Press, $12.95, 71 pages As a young reader’s book, Aurora, Daughter of the Dawn does an effective job dealing with big changes and transitions in a child’s language. Aurora...