Alexander McKee died in 1799. A few months after his funeral, Soloman McCulloch remembered that several hundred Indians arrived at the gravsite. Assisted by McKee's son, Thomas, they began "a slow, measured, and dignified dance that celebrated the memory of their departed friend. The ritual began in the morning and continued throughout the night and well into the following day. Simon Girty confided to MuCulloch that in all his years amont the Indian tribes, he had seen the ceremony conducted only twice before. The Indianse reserved the ritual, he claimed, 'Only for men of dintinction among them'" Alexander McKee (1735-1799) is an often overlooked character in historical accounts of the Ohio Frontier, particularly because he worked for the British Crown, thus was on the "wrong" side to be glorified in American History.

McKee's father was an Irish immigrant, his mother a Shawnee, and he was a fur trader like his father. He was equally cuturally adept among the Europeans and Indians. The Indian nations were themselves very diverse and independent, having different culture, language, and interests. Present also were British, American colonists, French, Spaniards, Dutch, all looking to profit in one way or another from the resources or land in the Ohio Frontier. Alexander McKee worked his way up in the Indian Department, employed by the British Crown to oversee Indian affairs. Serving in various capacities for nearly fifty years, he was educated by experience and motivated by alleigance to the Crown, but with sympathies to Indian interests. McKee was an important contributor to the Ohio Frontier. He exploited his extensive knowledge of differences in cultures and language, and became a valuable tool in the evolution of the frontier throughout the Revolutionary War and afterward as inevitable migration by settlers to the West. At the beginning of his career, McKee's cultural identification was primarily with the Indian nations, whom he considered his people, His keen negotiating skills and knowledge of Indian customs, as well as his own economic self interests, led him to become a wealthy, respected member of both the British community and the Indian nations, but now more culturally aligned with the British. As the political climates and land boundaries were constantly evolving, McKee was instrumental and influential in those changes.

McKee's life is a micro example of the tremendous diversity of cultures that was present in the Ohio Frontier in the 1700's, and how those cultures were integrated into what Ohio would become. He was instrumental in the evolution of those changes, as he spent his life negotiating the self interests of many factions for a mutually satisfying resolution. This is an interesting, engaging book by Dr. Larry L. Nelson, rich in history and a personal look at a man who was a contributor to that history.

I read this book because it has been fabled in our family that this is a long distant relative of ours. I waited for this book to come out for months and just had to pre-order it here. I absolutely loved how the book was set up; the reader only knew what the readers of the papers at that time knew. It also included a few pictures (the first I have ever seen) and actual newspaper articles. I really enjoyed reading this book.

Kozloff and Price's set of keys is an excellent tool for collectors and scientists who need to know what they are looking at, and to be sure that they have the right name with the animal in their hand/bucket.

This 8.5" x 11' format book covers marine invertebrate phyla down to the species level for animals found from southern Oregon to the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. As such, it makes a great companion set of keys to "Light's Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast" by Smith and Carlton, and "Marine Algae of California" by Abbott and Hollenberg. That set of 3 books is a treasure for people who need good taxonomic information on nearshore marine life to support what they do along the pacific coast of North America.

Back to Kozloff's book...the book has the keys themselves, as well as supporting BW photographs and great line drawings to help the reader interpret particularly sticky parts of the keys. There are also brief occasional notes about known ranges of some animals covered, but this is not a reference book to the ecology of these animals, it is an excellent set of taxonomic keys.

The book is a reprint of a 1987 publication. As such some names of taxonomic groups have changed in the intervening 13 years. Nevertheless, this book remains the best set of keys for this region that we have.

I was in Doctor Rubenstein's Michigan History class at the University of Michigan-Flint in the late 70's. This book contains information from primary research papers from students not only in the class I was in but several other of Doctor Rubenstein's classes. I enjoyed his classes because the information presented not only contained the standard information people receive from high school history classes but also in depth accounts of what really was going on during those times. When I read this book it is like I am reliving those wonderful history classes. I highly recommend this book and any others Doctor Rubenstein has written. You will gain a vast wealth of knowledge about the real Michigan history. I own one of the first printings of this book and will keep it in my library as a cherished memento.

To journal is a great way to build a vacation memory. There is so much to see and do on an Alaska Trip be sure to take lots of pictures and take notes. What better way to record your trip that with the Milepost Log Book.

We lived in Alaska for 30 years and made several trips over the Alcan Hwy. Lots of great experiences, just wish we had taken better notes.

Alan Durning and coauthors are on the leading edge of innovative views that are replacing 20 years of shopworn, often racist official views of teenage pregnancy, immigration, and population issues. With Washington state's Advancing Solutions to Adolescent Pregnancy, these authors show how America's destructive policies toward the young, including high rates of poverty, poor health services, and tolerance for family violence, create the very "epidemic" of teenage motherhood policy makers piously deplore, and how Canada's (and to a lesser extent, Seattle's) more generous approaches reduce teen motherhood considerably. This is a futuristic roadmap not only to population issues in the Pacific Northwest bioregion, but one with national implications as to how the U.S.'s cold policies toward its young people unnecessarily contribute to overpopulation.

comprehensive, well organized and a must for any visit to the northwest. highly recommended as a basic source reference or as a travel supplement

I love this book and reread it every couple of years. It has always been my dream to live in the wilderness for a year, as this honeymooning couple did.
It is well and simply written, with a few maps but only disappointingly blurry pictures. There's lots of great description, including the occasional tedium of holing up for the winter, the joys they had exploring the area once spring arrived, and the terror of dealing with wolves (or was it bears?) trying to break into their cabin.
They are candid about what they did wrong and how they dealt with spending so much uninterrupted time together.

Native Peoples Of The Northwest is a beautiful guide to land, art and culture, just as titled. Enriched by color photos of beautiful artworks, and color coded foldout maps, it covers the Northwest. Organized by geographic region, it lists major sites, art sources and museums as well as suggested cultural tours and activities of Northwestern Native Americans. All information presented is written with the help of members of Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, a coalition of 54 tribes from Southeast Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho and Western Montana. In a foreword, the author team refers to themselves as "full bloods" (Jan Halliday is Scots-Irish and Gail Chehak is Klamath Indian) nicknamed Coyote and Raven. With all the cleverness and subtlety of both their namesakes, they have indeed put together a most useful guide book studded with breathtaking photos of art works. This book is well worth the price for the art photos alone! The Native Peoples Of The Northwest also contains history nuggets and suggestions in appendices on powwow etiquette, sacred sites and buying Native art. There is even a calendar of cultural and artistic events in the areas covered. In addition to suggestions and tips to buyers and collectors of Native American art, there are suggested reading resources with brief thumbnail sketches set in the margins. The wonderful thing about this book is it is a part of promoting, protecting and extending Native American art, culture, and history. An example is in the preface is the realization of the dream of coauthor Gail Chehak to establish a large Northwestern Indian Art Festival. Now in Portland there is an annual festival Memorial Day Weekend called Indian Art Northwest - in its third year. This is wonderful news for everyone for we are all enriched by this vast and colorful heritage. The authors endorse Indian-guided tours and Indian-owned museums because the point of view is so different from the non-Native perspective. For example, did you know the Lilijet Feast House in Vancouver is the only truly Native restaurant in the region? Decorated and presented in the traditional Longhouse style, the Native American owner presents entrees such as alder smoked salmon, prawns, venison, wild rice, steamed ferns and bannock bread. This is a beautiful book, much more than a guide book. It encourages you to sample a rich diversity of Native American heritage. It makes one long to explore the area. Perhaps a similar book on "Native Americans of the Southwest" is forthcoming? One can only hope. Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer