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Books

Books

How the Gorge was won

An act of nature created it. An act of Congress protected it. Three new books tell the story of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Apr 4, 2023
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7-minute read

How the Gorge was won

An act of nature created it. An act of Congress

Apr 4, 2023
7-minute read

Why the entire world now depends on the Columbia River

On the 25th anniversary of his seminal book, A River Lost, Blaine Harden is still explaining life on the Columbia

Sep 30, 2021
10
11-minute read

Why the entire world now depends on the Columbia River

On the 25th anniversary of his seminal book, A River

Sep 30, 2021
11-minute read

The fraud that inspired the settling of the Pacific Northwest

Murder at the Mission, a new book by Blaine Harden, examines the Whitman Massacre and upends one of the West’s most enduring legends

Jul 15, 2021
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18-minute read

The fraud that inspired the settling of the Pacific Northwest

Murder at the Mission, a new book by Blaine Harden,

Jul 15, 2021
18-minute read

The Music of Bees: Lessons from a Columbia Basin beekeeper

A new novel from Eileen Garvin examines the plight of honeybees and their keepers in the Columbia River Gorge

Apr 27, 2021
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5-minute read

The Music of Bees: Lessons from a Columbia Basin beekeeper

A new novel from Eileen Garvin examines the plight of

Apr 27, 2021
5-minute read

The Other Oregon: Book reveals Eastern Oregon as you’ve rarely seen it

Our conversation with historian Thomas Cox covers a lot of ground, including reasons the Greater Idaho movement is “nonsense” and why Samuel Boardman is still an Oregon hero

Oct 7, 2020
4
10-minute read

The Other Oregon: Book reveals Eastern Oregon as you’ve rarely seen it

Our conversation with historian Thomas Cox covers a lot of

Oct 7, 2020
10-minute read

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