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.
Giving Back
Research and Reciprocity in Indigenous Settings
Raw Material
What begins as a knitter’s search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely, and irresistible new career, as the author leaves her high-tech job for a new way of life considered long dead.
Wild Migrations
Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates
Ellie's Strand
Exploring the Edge of the World's Largest Ocean
In this sequel to Ellie's Log (2013) and Ricky's Atlas (2016), Ellie and her friend Ricky explore marine ecology on the Oregon Coast.
A Deadly Wind
The 1962 Columbus Day Storm
Veteran journalist John Dodge tell stories of tragedy and heroism, loss and resilience, in the aftermath of the 1962 Columbus Day Storm, which plowed a path of destruction from the San Francisco Bay Area to British Columbia.
Sagebrush Collaboration
How Harney County Defeated the Takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge
Son of Amity
Three lives in ruin cross paths on the downtrodden grid of a small Oregon town. This is the story of how they earned their lives back through the promise of a five-year old boy.
Beyond the Rebel Girl
Women and the Industrial Workers of the World in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924
Words Marked by a Place
Local Histories in Central Oregon
Beginner’s Luck
Dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
A clueless big-city guy ends up at a hippie commune in the Klamath Mountains in the late 1960s – a place where people help each other out, even if they don’t always agree.