Oregon State University Press

For fifty years, Oregon State University Press has been publishing exceptional books about the Pacific Northwest—its people and landscapes, its flora and fauna, its history and cultural heritage. The Press has played a vital role in the region’s literary life, providing readers with a better understanding of what it means to be an Oregonian. Today, Oregon State University Press publishes distinguished books in several academic areas from environmental history and natural resource management to indigenous studies.

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The First Oregonians, Second Edition

Oregon State University Press

Originally published in 1991, The First Oregonians has been revised and expanded for a new generation of Oregonians. It provides a comprehensive view of Oregon's native peoples from the past to the present.

In this remarkable volume, Oregon Indians tell their own stories—more than half of the chapters are written by members of Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes. Using oral histories and personal recollections, these chapters vividly depict not only a history of decimation and decline, but also a contemporary view of cultural revitalization, renewal, and continuity. The First Oregonians also includes essays by prominent Northwest scholars exploring geography, federal-Indian relations, language, and art.

No other book offers as wide a variety of views and stories about the historical and contemporary experience of Oregon Indians. The First Oregonians is the definitive volume for anyone interested in the fascinating story of Oregon’s first peoples.

Contributors: C. Melvin Aikens, Stephen Dow Beckham, Marilyn Couture, Douglas Deur, Yvonne Hajda, Eugene Hunn, Dell Hymes, Jennifer Karson, Robert Kentta, Bill Mercer, Brent Merrill, Wil Phinney, Michael Rondeau, Howard P. Roy, Minerva T. Soucie, Kathryn Anne Toepel, George B. Wasson, Jr., and Elizabeth Woody.

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Oregon Council for the Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities that offers Oregonians the opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the critical issues and ideas of our time.

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Forest of Time

A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest

Oregon State University Press

The Wind River Experimental Forest has been called the cradle of forestry in the Pacific Northwest. Located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington, the forest is a nexus of groundbreaking discoveries in forest genetics and ecology, and is one of more than seventyfive Forest Service landscapes across the U.S. devoted ...

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Prairie Keepers, The, 2nd ed

Secrets of the Zumwalt

Oregon State University Press

In the remote northeast corner of Oregon lies the ruggedly beautiful Zumwalt Prairie. A wild expanse of untilled ground covering nearly two hundred square miles, the Zumwalt is almost entirely managed by cattle ranchers. It also is home to one of the highest concentrations of hawks in North America, including red tailed, ferruginous, and ...

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Little Lucky, The

A Family Geography

Oregon State University Press

"When you live in an old house, the remodeling and rehabilitatingnever end. I guess the same is true when you belong to a family."A ruined old schoolhouse and a loving, troubled family are at theheart of The Little Lucky, a reflec tion of the many ways in which aplace can shape and be shaped by family. In discerning and nimbleprose, Gail ...

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Oregon Water Handbook, The

A Guide to Water and Water Management

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Long Journey

Contemporary Northwest Poets

Oregon State University Press
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Corvallis Trails

Exploring the Heart of the Valley

Oregon State University Press
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Birds of Oregon

A General Reference

Oregon State University Press
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Upstream

Sons, Fathers, and Rivers

Oregon State University Press
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Majority of Scoundrels, A

An Informal History of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company

Oregon State University Press
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City Limits

Walking Portland's Boundary

Oregon State University Press
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Hidden Forest, The

The Biography of an Ecosystem

Oregon State University Press

The tallest species of spruce, hemlock, fir, cedar, and pine trees on earth coexist in the old growth of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon’s Cascade Range. Set aside as a living laboratory by the U.S. Forest Service in 1948, the 16,000 acres represent a vital scientific endeavor: the long-term study of a single contained ecosystem. Here, for the first time, researchers from an enormous range of disciplines—forest scientists, botanists, entomologists, wildlife ecologists, soil biologists, and others—have assembled to examine the role of every working element in the life of a forest.

In The Hidden Forest, veteran science writer Jon Luoma offers an absorbing account of how these scientists came to recognize the importance of natural forest ecosystems and how their research is revolutionizing forest management.

Luoma takes readers into the hidden forest where researchers have discovered a host of species previously unknown to science, and interactions in the forest ecosystem that no one previously imagined. He describes projects dealing with the forest canopy, rotting logs, insects, fungi, wildlife, streams, and the effects of flood, fire, clear cutting, and volcanic eruption. And he tells the human story behind the research, capturing the shared excitement and wonder of scientific discovery. Along the way, Luoma provides a short course in such complex issues as forest succession, biodiversity, and the politics of forestry.

In a new foreword, Jerry Franklin discusses the importance of dedicated, long-term research sites and comments on new discoveries that have emerged from forest ecosystem research since The Hidden Forest was first published.

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Grail, The

A year ambling & shambling through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of the best pinot noir wine in the whole wild world

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Down in My Heart

Peace Witness in War Time

Oregon State University Press
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Ever Blooming

The Art of Bonnie Hall

Oregon State University Press
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Skookum

An Oregon Pioneer Family’s History and Lore

Oregon State University Press
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Jumptown

The Golden Years of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957

Oregon State University Press
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Good Wood

Growth, Loss, and Renewal

Oregon State University Press
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Best Essays NW

Oregon State University Press
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Work, Welfare, and Politics

Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform

Oregon State University Press
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Sandal and the Cave, The

The Indians of Oregon

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Place Matters

Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific Northwest

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Tongass, Second Edition

Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest

Oregon State University Press
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Birds of Washington

Status and Distribution

Oregon State University Press
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Natural Enemy, Natural Ally

Toward An Environmental History of War

Oregon State University Press
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Waging War on the Home Front

An Illustrated Memoir of World War II

Oregon State University Press
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To Build a Ship

Oregon State University Press

In To Build a Ship, Don Berry explores the extent to which a man can betray himself and his morality for a dream or an obsession. It's the story of a handful of settlers who take up land in the fertile Tillamook Bay Valley in the early 1850s-defiant dreamers battling the wilderness. With impenetrable mountains at their backs and the open sea as their sole road to trade, they are suddenly isolated from the outside world when the only captain willing to enter their harbor dies. With the survival of their new settlement threatened, they decide to build their own schooner.

At first the challenge brings out the best in the men, but soon the tensions inherent in this monumental task engulf them. Obstacles accumulate and complications mount: a death, a murder trial, trouble with restive Indians, and finally a travesty of justice. Excitement, shock, and gripping drama mark this story of men pushed to the point of madness as they see the Morning Star of Tillamook slowly take shape on the wild Pacific shore.

Don Berry's three novels about the Oregon Territory — Trask, Moontrap, and To Build a Ship — are as rich and compelling today as when they were first published more than 40 years ago. The new OSU Press editions of these books include an introduction by Jeff Baker, book critic for The Oregonian.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Moontrap

Oregon State University Press
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Troubled Intimacies

A Life in the Interior West

Oregon State University Press
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Bradford Washburn

A Life of Exploration

Oregon State University Press
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Trask

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Up All Night

Oregon State University Press
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Now Go Home

Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw

Oregon State University Press
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Above the Clearwater

Living on Stolen Land

Oregon State University Press
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Eva Emery Dye

Romance with the West

Oregon State University Press
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