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Originally published in 1941 by native daughter Nancy Wilson Ross, here is an engaging, affectionate account of the remote and mysterious Pacific Northwest and a celebration of its people, its big cities and rural towns, and its spectacular natural beauty.
List of contents
SECTION I The Last Playground
1 What Is the Pacific Northwest?
2 Historical Background
LOOKING BACK
EXPLORERS BY BOAT
THE RIVER OF FABLE THAT REALLY EXISTED
EXPLORERS ON FOOT
FURS
FAITHS
HOME-MAKERS
3 The Seasons
4 Where to Play
SECTION II Some Places and People
1 Cow Country
2 Farewell Bend
3 Among the Basques with a Scotchman
4 Burns
5 John Day Country
6 Gold, Uncivic Potatoes, and a Centenarian
7 Enterprise-A Lost Hat-The Canyon of Hell
8 Pendleton Round-up
9 Grande Ronde Country: An American Family
10 En Route: In Sheep Country
11 Walla Walla: Missionaries, Vigilantes, and a Rawhide Railroad
12 Yakima Valley: Two Towns. Irrigation and Indians
13 Apple Valleys
14 Beautiful Deep Water
15 Grand Coulee Dam: Man's Biggest Job to Date
SECTION III Cities as Symbols
1 Seattle
2 Portland
3 Spokane
4 Tacoma
SECTION IV More Places and People
1 The Islands and the Land To and From
2 Spirit Dancing
3 Olympic Peninsula: Big Trees-Sacred Elk-Ghost Towns
4 Capital Towns: Olympia, Salem
5 River of the West
6 Oregon Coast
7 Southern Oregon: Pelicans, Pears, Spade Beards, and Cave Men
SECTION V Highlights on the Last Horizon
1 Tales, Tall and Small
2 Paul Bunyan's Larder
3 The Jumping-off Place
Reading List
Index
About the author
Nancy Wilson Ross was a popular writer of both fiction and nonfiction. She was born in Olympia, Washington, in 1901, and she attended the University of Oregon. Her book WESTWARD THE WOMEN (1944) profiles the pioneer settlers of the region. She traveled extensively—in England, France, China, Korea, and Japan—and later became known as an expert on Eastern religions. She died on January 18, 1986.
