Books from Oregon State University Press
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Up All Night
By Martha GiesWho is out there in the dark while the rest of us sleep? In "Up All Night, Martha Gies profiles two dozen graveyard-shift workers and presents a rare insider's look...
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The Great Northwest: The Search for Regional Identity
By William G. RobbinsFor more than 150 years, Pacific Northwest writers have sought out the region's shared stories and traditions in an attempt to explain the common features of its places and people....
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Oregon Geology
By William N. Orr, Elizabeth L. OrrBecause Oregon sits on the leading edge of a moving crustal plate, a striking diversity of geologic events have molded its topography. Over a century of study, a deeper understanding...
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Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries
By Stephen Dow BeckhamFrom "first encounters" in the late eighteenth century to modern tribal economies, this rich documentary history charts the major trends shaping the lives of Oregon Indians and how those Indians...
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Beyond the Garden Gate
By Sophus Keith WintherA stirring coming of age novel, set in Oregon's Willamette Valley in the early part of this century.
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Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas
By William Orville DouglasAs the longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court, Douglas was known for writing a host of dissenting opinions. He was also a prolific writer off the...
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Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes
By Alfred M. WiedemannPlants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes offers a useful, informative guide for visitors to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area or anyone spending time on the state's remarkable beaches. The...
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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest
By Bruce McCune, Linda GeiserA key component in healthy ecosystems, lichens can be found in almost any natural habitat in the Pacific Northwest. This revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive guide to...
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Studies in Outdoor Recreation: Search and Research for Satisfaction
By Robert E. ManningThe first book to integrate the social science literature on outdoor recreation has been completely updated to reflect current research and new concerns. The book is a standard text in...
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Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska
By Stephen W. HaycoxHaycox (history, U. of Alaska, Anchorage) presents historical commentary on human culture in Alaska and how it has affected the natural environment there. He contends that most non-Native Alaskans (now...
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Studies in Outdoor Recreation: Search and Research for Satisfaction
By Robert E. ManningStudies in Outdoor Recreation: Search and Research for Satisfaction
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Winter Twigs: A Wintertime Key to Deciduous Trees and Shrubs of Northwestern Oregon and Western Washington
By Helen M. Gilkey, Patricia L. PackardMost nature lovers learn to identify deciduous trees and shrubs during spring or summer. Winter Twigs, now available in a revised edition, offers a unique wintertime guide for identifying these...
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Paradise Wild: Reimagining American Nature
By David OatesIn Paradise Wild, David Oates addresses this and many other provocative questions as he explores the persistent myth of Eden from several different angles.As a lifelong mountaineer and reader of...
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Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957
By Robert DietscheA fascinating blend of music, politics, and social history, Jumptown sheds light on a time and place overlooked by histories of Portland and jazz. For a golden decade following World...
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Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities
By Jeff MapesUpdated Edition includes a new epilogue by the authorIn a world of increasing traffic congestion, a grassroots movement is carving out a niche for bicycles on city streets. Pedaling Revolution...
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Two Wheels North: Cycling the West Coast in 1909
By Evelyn McDaniel GibbIn 1909, Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco, just out of high school, set out from Santa Rosa, California, on second-hand bikes, bound for the great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. With...
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Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests
By John C. Tappeiner, Douglas Alan Maguire, Timothy Brian HarringtonOnce regarded solely as the cultivation of forest trees, silviculture is today shifting to a broader focus, one that reflec ts societies' changing forest values. In addition to timber management,...
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River of Life, Channel of Death: Fish and Dams on the Lower Snake
By Keith PetersenKeith Petersen's award-winning history of the lower Snake River dams chronicles the bitter conflict between the Northwest's most potent symbols -- fish and dams. Taking a balanced approach to this...
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Above the Clearwater: Living on Stolen Land
By Bette Lynch HustedAs Above the Clearwater explores one family's joys and struggles on an Idaho homestead--on land taken from the Nez Perce Indian Reservation as a result of the Dawes Act--it illuminates...
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Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Environmental History of Warfare
By Richard P. Tucker, Edmund RussellContributors to this volume explore the dynamic between war and the physical environment from a variety of provocative viewpoints. The subjects of their essays range from conflicts in colonial India...