Farthest Reach

Oregon and Washington

Nancy Wilson Ross (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2015
Alaska Northwest Books (Verlag)
978-1-941821-43-5 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1941 by native daughter Nancy Wilson Ross, here is an engaging, affectionate account of the remote and mysterious Pacific Northwest and a celebration of its people, its big cities and rural towns, and its spectacular natural beauty.

WestWinds Press is proud to bring back into print this classic history of the Pacific Northwest from native daughter Nancy Wilson Ross. Reading the book is like opening a time capsule to Oregon and Washington as they were from the Oregon Trail days through the 1930s. FARTHEST REACH is an engaging, affectionate account of the remote and mysterious Pacific Northwest and a celebration of its people—the loggers, fishermen, cowboys, Native Americans, and eccentrics; its big cities and rural towns, and its spectacular natural beauty, from the rugged coast to the wild rivers, the snowcapped mountains to the high desert.

Nancy Wilson Ross was a popular writer of both fiction and nonfiction. She was born in Olympia, Washington, in 1901, and she attended the University of Oregon. Her book WESTWARD THE WOMEN (1944) profiles the pioneer settlers of the region. She traveled extensively—in England, France, China, Korea, and Japan—and later became known as an expert on Eastern religions. She died on January 18, 1986.

SECTION I The Last Playground
1 What Is the Pacific Northwest?
2 Historical Background
LOOKING BACK
EXPLORERS BY BOAT
THE RIVER OF FABLE THAT REALLY EXISTED
EXPLORERS ON FOOT
FURS
FAITHS
HOME-MAKERS
3 The Seasons
4 Where to Play

SECTION II Some Places and People
1 Cow Country
2 Farewell Bend
3 Among the Basques with a Scotchman
4 Burns
5 John Day Country
6 Gold, Uncivic Potatoes, and a Centenarian
7 Enterprise—A Lost Hat—The Canyon of Hell
8 Pendleton Round-up
9 Grande Ronde Country: An American Family
10 En Route: In Sheep Country
11 Walla Walla: Missionaries, Vigilantes, and a Rawhide Railroad
12 Yakima Valley: Two Towns. Irrigation and Indians
13 Apple Valleys
14 Beautiful Deep Water
15 Grand Coulee Dam: Man’s Biggest Job to Date

SECTION III Cities as Symbols
1 Seattle
2 Portland
3 Spokane
4 Tacoma

SECTION IV More Places and People
1 The Islands and the Land To and From
2 Spirit Dancing
3 Olympic Peninsula: Big Trees—Sacred Elk—Ghost Towns
4 Capital Towns: Olympia, Salem
5 River of the West
6 Oregon Coast
7 Southern Oregon: Pelicans, Pears, Spade Beards, and Cave Men

SECTION V Highlights on the Last Horizon
1 Tales, Tall and Small
2 Paul Bunyan’s Larder
3 The Jumping-off Place

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2015
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-941821-43-X / 194182143X
ISBN-13	978-1-941821-43-5 / 9781941821435
Zustand	Neuware