This book is an outstanding resourse for central oregon. Riding near Bend is awesome and this book shows the way to outstanding rides. I have three other books covering Oregon and this one has many trails that are not found in my other books. This is a must if you are planning a trip to central oregon. Try the Newberry Caldera rim trail!

I can't praise this book enough. There is so little primary source material on our Native American heroes. This book is a collection of photographs, facsimiles of archival records, and transcripts of interviews and orations. These materials are accompanied by some very insightful editorial commentary. The research that went into this work must have been momumental.

The editor of this work, Mick Gidley, prepared this book as part of his Ph.D thesis. He took up where Edmond Three-Knives Meaney, Chief Joseph's official biographer, left off. Three-Knives Meaney accompanied Joseph on many trips and spent much time with Joseph during his last years on the reservation in Colville, WA. After Joseph died in 1904, Meaney "burned out" but left a wealth of research and records. Gidley uncovered these records and put together an honest and accurate biographical picture book. The focus of the book is Joseph's last years. Joseph devoted his final 25 years to civil rights work and to the education of future generations. His orations rank with Martin Luther King's and Abraham Lincoln's. In addition to information about Joseph, the work also contains information on Joseph's contemporaries (both white and Native American) who were influential on the Nez Perce reservations.

For students of Nez Perce history or for those who are just interested in knowing more about a truly decent and spiritual man, this book is a "must read".

I consider this book a definitive work on the history of the Lackawanna Railroad in Warren and Sussex Counties of New Jersey. The section on the Sussex Branch alone makes it worth the price of the book.

Over the past two decades, Richard White has been one of the truly outstanding historians of the American West, Native America, and the environment. This, his first book, is not nearly as sweeping in scope as his later works, but is a masterful look at the environmental history of a small county in Western Washington that will interest any student of American history. White examines the interaction of humans and the environment in Island County, Washington, to demonstrate how humans have continuously shaped the land over thousands of years, and how these changes have been both conscious and accidental. The opening chapters concern Indian land use in the county, and conclude that native people largely determined the region's landscape by encouraging certain crops through burning of prairies and forests. While this insight is fairly obvious to most environmental historians now, it is a direct contradiction of the European opinion that Indians did not alter the land. White settlers also altered the landscape of Island County by introducing market agriculture and logging. These activities had drastic consequences, some intentional, such as the introduction of European crops, and some unintentional, like massive soil erosion and the accidental spread of the Canadian thistle, a weed that temporarily threatened farmers in the nineteenth century. The final chapters of the book concern twentieth century attempts to encourage settlement of Appalachian farmers on logged-off land (a fascinating New Deal effort that was a complete failure), and the attempt to change the island landscape for the benefit of tourists. This is a fascinating transformation that continues to this day. Overall, this is a very well-written classic of environmental history. The in-depth descriptions of ecological principles may scare off a novice reader, but the history embedded in the ecology is fascinating, and well worth the effort.

From a review by Kathryn Eastburn that appeared in the Colorado Springs Independent: "Throughout The Last Wild Edge, Zwinger carefully balances personal, political and cosmic concerns, utilizing language that straddles the confines of science and poetry. This is a dense but elegant book, rich with physical detail and swarming with universal themes that can't be contained on the page. The nature of exploration itself emerges as a theme, along with a firm, earthbound appreciation of the wild coast of North America. Zwinger skillfully mixes her extensive knowledge of the natural world with a palpable hunger for new experience. The result is a literary journey that pulsates with life-affirming energy, carrying the reader both to the edge of the continent and to the inner depths of the author's curious, passionate soul."

Lewis & Clark: From The Rockies To The Pacific is a gorgeously illustrated, in-depth account of the famous explorers' journey through the American West. The stunningly beautiful, full-color photography by Robert M. Reynolds of natural landscapes that Lewis and Clark traveled through, are presented side-by-side with a detailed reconstruction by Stephen Dow Beckham of the Lewis & Clark expeditionary journey that often quotes the travelers' journals. Lewis & Clark is an attractive, highly recommended coffee-table book for home, school, and community library American History collections.

A truly fascinating read of exploration and attempted location of the mythical water passage across the western U.S. from the geographical perspective. From the mid 1600's up to and including the Lewis and Clark expedition, geographical mappings of the west were theoretical and conjectural, leading to misconceptions and inaccuracies in cartography and images of unexplored lands. With loyal support and backing from Jefferson, Lewis and Clark set out to locate the legendary water route across America for U.S. commerce, while at the same time collecting and taking notes on cartography, botany, zoology, geology, ethnology and natural resources, along with postulating future agricultural possibilities for the nation. Although the image of a fabled water passage was shattered and the idea of a totally agrarian society was somewhat fragmented, the Lewis and Clark expedition did succeed in being the premier stepping-stone for western expansion and maintained the imagery process of the west right up to the present time. A spellbinding read.

This is a beautifully written book that intertwines science, life and poetry. Suzanne seems to draw on her own experiences and mingle them with art. There is a great feeling of truth you get from reading this book, it's real and refreshing.
Suzanne is also a wonderful speaker, words come to life like nowhere else when she reads aloud.
I would recommend this book to anyone, it opens a whole new door in the world of writing.

This is an incredible tale of a Canadian Mountie patrol that disappeared in the northern wilderness under frightful freezing conditions. No one knew what really happened until the author -- many decades too late -- found the wrong turn the patrol took. You'll gain a new appreciation of the Canadian Mounties and all they stand for in North's The Lost Patrol.

Excellent book discussing the size, coloring, range and habitat of all species found in WA, Oregon, Idaho, and B.C. Yes its from 1975 but the information is still pretty accurate for anyone trying to identify an animal and makes a useful reference for research. A must own for any field zoologist in the northwest.