The Grains, or Passages in the Life of Ruth Rover with Occasional Pictures of Oregon
Margaret Jewett Bailey, Evelyn Leasher and Robert J. Frank
Foreword by Edwin R. Bingham
1986. ISBN 978-0-87071-346-0. Hardcover, $29.95.
This autobiographical novel, first published in 1854, is generally considered the first novel written and published in the Pacific Northwest. Bailey provides a unique and provocative view of many prominent figures in early Oregon history.