Thanks to Lionel Youst, Annie Miner Peterson's life story has been preserved. One of the last of the Coos Indians, she lived for 79 years in western Oregon and witnessed the demise of her culture. This remarkable narrative captures some of who she was and how she lived, enabling Annie to pass along some of the accumulated experiences of generations of her ancestors.

This book tells the story of the University of Oregon's basketball program. Written by Howard Hobson, the coach that led Oregon's Tall Firs team to the NCAA title in 1939, it is a must have for any basketball fan.

Benjamin Hoff's foreward, biography and afterward paint a picture of an incredibly gifted little girl, but even his glowing bio does not prepare you for the depth and beauty of Opal's writing. Her view of the world, the wonderful names she gives the trees and creatures around her, her "angel mother" and "angel father", and her general view of life are the most awe inspiring I have ever read. If you are a nature lover, this is a must read.

Bountiful deep snow
With Shea's book on Cascade slopes
Snowshoe peace beckons...

In short (to the Haiku challenged), this book rocks! If you're a Cascadian geek who loves the winter, the book will undoubtedly treat you well.

Interesting book, containing letters of a army bride sojourn in Washington and SE Oregon in the 1860s. I just wish there was more to read about her life. It is interesting to read how optomistic she was while living in pretty harsh conditions.

This magnificent book is gem. Beautifully illustrated, concisely written. This is a MUST HAVE for regional birders and wildflower fans.

I bought this book because I was raised in a Pullman passenger car sitting on the ground next to the Southern Pacific line in Southern Oregon. The book is a wonderful compilation of photos from all eras over all of the lines in Oregon. I was most interested in the Siskiyou line but the authors do an equally competent job covering the Cascade or Main line west to San Francisco (SF), the Coast line and all the branches around Portland. For you non-SP fans, trains going away from SF are headed East regardless of the direction and those headed toward SF are headed West. One of the best things I like about this book is the maps. There are strip maps of the entire SP system in Oregon showing terrain and all of the siding and communities of today and years long gone past and the mileposts. Mileage markers are also figured from San Francisco...SP headquarters on Market Street to be exact. The words that accompany the many photos provide a history of each segment of the line, some of the communities along the way as well as interesting stories the authors have acquired. One of the authors, Tom Dill, was a fireman-engineer for 18 years on the SP and Ed Austin's uncle worked for the company too. Over the years they took many great photos and you'll see them all in this book.

So you always wanted to be an engineer on one of those big locomotives climbing up out of Eugene into the Cascades and headed toward Klamath Falls. Here's a quote from the book:

Even with three AC's handling a train, speeds between Oakridge and Cascade Summit seldom exceeded twenty miles per hour and often dropped to ten miles per hour. Thus, heat and smoke in the longer tunnels on the Cascade line presented a significant problem for train crews...On one trip fireman Herb Abarr, using a thermometer in the cab of the second helper locomotive, measured a temperature of 176 degrees in tunnel No. 7.

There is a second book that accompanies this one and it is called, "The Southern Pacific in Oregon - Pictorial". It is made up of many of the extra photos that wouldn't fit in the first book. If you can find it you'll also be pleased with the coverage of the line but be warned that both books are hard to find. If you can get them, however, you'll be very pleased with your purchase. I know one thing. You're not getting my copies.

I was looking for a book about SP-Oregan. I got more than I ever expected. The book has some of the finest pictures, not to mention the history of the Area-Oregan, and Northern California. I thought I new a lot about SP, but with this wonderfull book, with it's pictures, and it's history have taught me more than I ever expected. If you need a book about the of the SP, Oregan-Nothern California, this is the best book, buy it, and find the wonders that I found, about the SP.

This is the first of five mysteries staring Portland, OR resident Adam McCleet, sculptor and ex-cop. They have widely varying plots, but many recurring characters. The books have a very friendly feel and a good dose of humor.

Spare Parts is the grittiest of the bunch. McCleet gets involved when his dentist brother-in-law goes missing at a convention and later turns up without one of his kidneys.

I recommend starting with this one to be introduced to the characters in the right order and to follow their plot lines.

For some reason, Hanson is compared to Hiaasen on every jacket. In my opinion, Hanson is the better of the two. His stuff is funnier and more inventive.

This book is great. It narrates the story of an ex-cop, who's now a struggling sculptor, Adam McCleet. Through an elaborate and twisted plot who is named heir of a very wealthy man, but in order to inherit his share he has to solve a murder. All through out the book the story is narrated in a very intelligent way and it has exactly the right amount of suspense, whit, sex and humour, which has been perfectly timed. All in all is the perfect book to read when you're feeling down and want something to cheer you up! It'll make you laugh and make you wanna keep reading so much that you'll finish it in no time.