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Color (Paperback)
Latino Voices in the Pacific Northwest
Lorane A. West
Based on exchanges she witnessed through her work as an interpreter and advocate for Spanish-speaking immigrants, Lorane A. West's poignant accounts paint a very real picture of their lives, illuminate cultural differences, and give Americans a glimpse of themselves that may both surprise and challenge.
6" x 9" 176 pages (2004)
Multicultural Themes/Northwest Culture/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$14.95
Crooked River Country (Paperback)
Wranglers, Rogues, and Barons
David Braly
North Central Oregon's hostile country and severe climate bred genuine Wild West legendshardy souls who defied immense adversity. Despite range wars, drought, lawlessness, and economic depression, a desolate wilderness ultimately became an industrial power.
Photographs map bibliography index 6" x 9" 344 pages (2007)
Oregon/Northwest History/Native American/Northwest Culture/Pioneers/Adventurers
Price :
US$24.95
Extending the Artist's Hand (Hardbound)
Contemporary Sculpture from the Walla Walla Foundry
Compiled by Chris Bruce
With full color photography and informative text, this volume celebrates the collaboration between artist and technician, explores the fascinating journey of metal sculpture from initial concept to final installation, and documents the history and achievements of an extraordinary eastern Washington enterprise. Profiled artists include Robert Arneson, Terry Allen, Deborah Butterfield, Jim Dine, and Tom Otterness.
Published by the Museum of Art, Washington State University
Illustrations glossary 12" x 8 1/2" 112 pages (2004)
Art/Photography/Palouse/Washington
Price :
US$24.95
Fields of Toil (Paperback)
A Migrant Familys Journey
Isabel Valle
As a newspaper reporter on special assignment, Isabel Valle lived and traveled with a migrant family for an entire year. WSU Press, in collaboration with the
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
, compiled her award-winning reports in this dramatic book.
Photographs map index 6" x 9" 240 pages (1994)
Multicultural Themes/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$14.95
In God's Country (Spiral)
The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest
David A. Neiwert
Covering militia activity in the Northwest, this book is based on interviews with Patriot extremists and gives readers an understanding of their motivations by allowing them to speak for themselves.
Illustrations photographs notes index 6" x 9" 384 pages (1999)
Northwest Culture/Contemporary Issues
Price :
US$40.00
Terra Northwest (Paperback)
Interpreting People and Place
Edited by David H. Stratton
Noted historians from the United States and Canada explore society, culture, and change in the resource-laden Pacific Northwest. Essays examine Spanish exploration of the Northern coast, traditional American Indian religion and worldview, the long-term relationship of a fragile Canadian union with its powerful southern neighbor, unique political and constitutional foundations, World War II black and white immigration, growing up Japanese-American in the 1930s 1940s, women's history, and more.
Illustrations references 6" x9" 208 pages
Canada/Washington/Native American/Northwest History/Northwest Culture
Price :
US$21.95
The Hutton Settlement (Hardbound)
A Home for One Man's Family
Doris H. Pieroth
Levi Hutton built and endowed his home for children with wealth gleaned from the silver of Idahos Coeur dAlene mining district. The venture, reflecting eighty years of change in the theory and practice of child care, includes Hutton's rise to riches, along with the construction of the homes impressive buildings and pastoral campus. The Hutton Settlement, Inc.
Photographs notes index 6" x 9" 288 pages (2003)
Biography/Autobiography/Northwest History/Washington
Price :
US$29.95
The Way We Ate (hardbound)
Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900
Jacqueline B. Williams
Food historian Jackie Williams describes our eating habits from the earliest years of settlement to the time when railroads brought the latest ingredients and implements to regional cooks. As in her earlier acclaimed volume,
Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail
, Williams sheds important light on a little-understood aspect of our past.
Illustrations photographs notes index 6"x 9" 240 pages (1996)
Cookbooks/Food History/Northwest History/Northwest Culture
Price :
US$29.95
The Way We Ate (paperback)
Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900
Jacqueline B. Williams
Food historian Jackie Williams describes our eating habits from the earliest years of settlement to the time when railroads brought the latest ingredients and implements to regional cooks. As in her earlier acclaimed volume,
Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail
, Williams sheds important light on a little-understood aspect of our past.
Illustrations photographs notes index 6"x 9" 240 pages (1996)
Cookbooks/Food History/Northwest History/Northwest Culture
Price :
US$18.95
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