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A Chain of Hands (Paperback)
A Chain of Hands (Paperback)

A Chain of Hands (Paperback)
Carol Ryrie Brink

In A Chain of Hands, Brink detailed many of the hands that touched hers, revealing in non-fiction form many of the people, places, and events that played prominent roles in her fictional books for adults and children. Her most acclaimed work, Caddie Woodlawn, won the Newbery Medal in 1936. She was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho.

Illustrations • notes • bibliography • index • 6" x 9" • 200 pages (1993)
Northwest History/Palouse/Biography/Autobiography
Price : US$17.95


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Buffalo Coat (Paperback)
Buffalo Coat (Paperback)

Buffalo Coat (Paperback)
Carol Ryrie Brink

Originally published in 1944, the author's first adult novel tells the story of three doctors who came to Opportunity (Moscow), Idaho, in the 1890s, drawn by the town’s promise. All attained their private objectives and financial success, symbolized by owning a great buffalo coat to wear through the bitter winters, yet each of their lives ended in tragedy.

6" x 9" • 421 pages (1993)
Novels/Western Literature/Palouse/Idaho
Price : US$19.95


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Extending the Artist's Hand (Hardbound)

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


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Palouse Country (Paperback)
Palouse Country (Paperback)

Palouse Country (Paperback)
George Bedirian

This revised WSU Press edition of Palouse Country includes over one hundred fine duotone images, dozens of which have never before been seen. George Bedirian's enduring poetic scenes juxtapose the temporal with the timeless, the changing with the unchanged, in one of the nation's exceptional places.

Photographs • essay • 8 1/2" x 11" • 152 pages (2002)
Art/Photography/Palouse
Price : US$32.95


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Snow in the River (Paperback)
Snow in the River (Paperback)

Snow in the River (Paperback)
Carol Ryrie Brink

This work, originally published in 1964, was Brink’s best-selling adult novel. It brings to life an America of unbounded promise by telling the story of three Scottish brothers who settled in eastern Washington and northern Idaho in the early 1900s.

6" x 9" • 308 pages (1993)
Novels/Western Literature/Idaho/Palouse
Price : US$19.95


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Spokane and the Inland Empire [Revised edition] (Paperback)
Spokane and the Inland Empire [Revised edition] (Paperback)


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Spokane and the Inland Empire [Revised edition] (Paperback)

An Interior Pacific Northwest Anthology
Edited by David H. Stratton

Essential aspects about the prehistory, history, geography, and architecture of the Inland Pacific Northwest are presented here in one succinct volume.

Illustrations • notes • references • 6" x 9" • 240 pages (2005)
Northwest History/Washington
Price : US$21.95


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Strangers in the Forest (Paperback)
Strangers in the Forest (Paperback)

Strangers in the Forest (Paperback)
Carol Ryrie Brink

Originally published in 1959, it was included in the Reader’s Digest Condensed Books series. Set in the white pine timberland of the Idaho panhandle in 1908, the story explores the efforts of the early U.S. Forest Service to instill a sense of conservation in the land—a new concept affecting Idaho’s seemingly inexhaustible forests.

6" x 9" • 314 pages (1993)
Novels/Western Literature/Palouse/Idaho
Price : US$19.95


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The Hutton Settlement (Hardbound)
The Hutton Settlement (Hardbound)

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 Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene 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 home’s 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


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