I grew up in Seaside but my parents owned a house in Cannon Beach so we were considered "semi locals" and when we "went to the beach" as young children in the 50s we went to Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock, played amongst the tidal pools at Arch Cape and climbed the rocks at Indian Beach, Ecola Park and everywhere in between. O'Donnell captures not only the spirit of "A Place by the Sea", but "A Place In Time" as well. The Author brings back all the wonderful memories in a truly captivating manner. I read it through cover to cover in one day and look forward to reading it again!

I have never failed to turn a head, except for one child, when I made her Applesauce Spice Cake. If you like camping and no nonsense cooking that tastes great, this is your book. Her personal stories are wonderful to read too! I received her book when I was married in 1974, and have never parted with it since.

Chief Joseph And The Nez Perces is a beautiful photographic history documenting the epic journey of the Nez Perces made in flight from the army from June to October of 1877. The role of the respected Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph is explored with care and precision throughout the time of the Nez Perces' flight. The authors have presented only photographs of the areas travelled and frequented by the Nez Perces without reminders of modernity, so the land is presented as closely as possible to the landscape known by the Nez Perces of 1877. Tracing the route of the Nez Perces with a color coded map of the area helps explain their tortuous crossing and recrossing of the mountainous area through the main passes. The brief book is divided into three main sections: prologue, flight , and epilogue, with a helpful bibliography of related works. There is no doubt that the star feature of this history is the stellar color photographs, including a beautiful golden sweep of vista of the Bear Paw Battlefield, in Nez Perce National Historical Park, south of Chinook, Montana, and many more. There is also no doubt of the tragic heart of the tale, for Chief Joseph himself, though he worked tirelessly to reinstate his people in their homeland after the surrender, was never allowed to return to the Nez Perce Reservation in the Northwest. This blatant violation of the terms of surrender is blamed upon the army's high command, Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan, who"ignored the surrender terms as if they had never existed (page ix)." Chief Joseph And The Nez Perces is a beautiful and moving picture account of a sorrowful bloody history.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

Every student of Chinese fiction, or rather, Chinese literature, should own this book. I started out using a copy in the library, but this is really something that you would want to own after reading.

This great work by Patrick Hanan focuses on the genre of the Chinese short story, and attempts to break through an impasse in literary scholarship¡ª providing inspiring insights into the dating, authorship and composition of the Chinese short story. Using stylistic criteria with extreme care, he studies 149 extant and accessible short stories, dividing into three periods: Early (ca.1250-1450), Middle (ca. 1400-1575) and Late (ca. 1550-1627). This is an important breakthrough in the scholarship of this genre, as it is only after this work that we can have a clearer idea of how to place the individual story in history.

This book provides all the essential information and argument and prepares a reader to enter his another great work, THE CHINESE VERNACULAR STORY published seven years later. I will recommend this book even to people outside the study of Chinese literature. Hanan¡¯s scholarly passion and cautious attitude in research is best presented in this work, and it will benefit any serious reader.

In Circles Of Power: Shifting Dynamics In A Lesbian-Centered Community, La Verne Gagehabib and Barbara Summerhawk effectively collaborate to survey the history and operation of the Southern Oregon Women's Community. This lively and energetic, largely lesbian circle of women experimented with new ways to live and work together. Their activities and explorations included forming sacred circles, building houses, collective gardening, and the publication of "WomanSpirit Magazine". Indeed, this unusual and ground breaking community has thrived for more than twenty-five years. Enthusiastically recommended for women's studies, lesbian studies, and alternative culture studies reading lists and reference collections, Circles Of Power is informative, engaging, and at times inspiring.

Fred Lockley's compilation of interviews with Northwest pioneer men gives a rare glimpse and frequently humorous twist into the lives of those who participated in the westward expansion during the mid-1800's.

As a compliation of oral history, it gives a picture of the western territories (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho) from those who emigrated on the Oregon Trail. Outlaws, lynchings, gambling, indian skimishes, military operations, economics, gold mines, disease and life on the trail are all part of these unedited stories.

While told from a pioneer perspective, the stories themselves clearly outline the conflicts that arose in the struggle for land, culture and natural resources that ensued during the migration.

This book would be a great supplement to the teaching of this period of history. Many of the stories contain events that could be used by teachers or parents to facilitate discussion of current world events.

We read the book to our grade school boys and had no difficulty keeping their attention, which speaks volumes for the book!

Overall, an entertaining read!

As a child, my favorite books (read over and over again) were the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In so many ways, this series reminds me of how much I enjoyed experiencing their journeys. The covered wagon women series, is of course on an adult level; but in many ways similar to the Little House experience. Although there are certainly hard times upon the "covered wagon women" with unknown disease and death visible all around them, finding safe water and adequate food, the books are so enlightening as the authors of the journals all are so positive and driven to find a new better place along the Oregon trail and out West. How brave they were to leave everything behind to head to a world no one had experienced. For any of you other former Laura Ingalls fans, and for anyone else fascinated about the women of the west, I would very highly recommend this series.

Coyote in Love has to be one of the best books! It has the most colorful, vibrant, beautiful pictures! The Indian legend of Crater Lake is so interesting because not only is Crater Lake the most beautiful place on the earth, but it is the most mysterious and legendary area! This is a must for any person even interested in Crater Lake or Indians legneds!

Jarold Ramsey's painstakingly compiled and edited collection of Coyote tales is a remarkable text for both the general reader and for college-level literature and folklore courses. The text is divided into coyote tales collected from the native tribes of six distinct geographic regions within the present-day state of Oregon. The tales are brief and compelling, and each section begins with a scholarly note and reproduced archival photographs and sketches.

For folklorists and college profs and students, each tale has its Thompson Folk-Index of Motif Lit. reference categories listed in a considerable Notes section at the end of the text.

By virtually every criterion, this is an excellent text.

This book is a personal reminiscence of the first organized wagon train to follow the Oregon Trail. The author recalls his experiences as a young boy in 1843, traveling west with his family. I found this to be extremely informative and filled with personal anecdotes. Jesse Applegate's story is told from a boy's perspective and is wonderfully expressive. You will read about adventures and activities that usually don't make it into standard histories. Most memorable was the evocation of the hardship and suffering of these early pioneers. When these people reached the Oregon Territory there were no stores - they lived hand-to-mouth for a long time. But I also found Jesse's happy memories of his interaction with Native Peoples to be very enlightening, again from a boy's perspective as he explored the nearby woods and hills. All in all, a wonderful account, full of surprising and unique memories and events.