American Dreamers
Ken Austin rose from humble roots in rural Oregon to build a multi-million dollar international business, guided by a core set of principles and the...
Down in My Heart
From 1942 to 1946, William Stafford was interned in camps for conscientious objectors after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army. As a pacifist...
Naked in the Woods
In 1970, Margaret Grundstein abandoned her graduate degree at Yale and followed her husband, an Indonesian prince and community activist, to a commune in the...
Building a Better Nest
For fifteen years, Evelyn Hess and her husband David lived in a tent and trailer, without electricity or running water, on twenty acres of wild...
Toward a Natural Forest
Jim Furnish joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1965, enthusiastic and naive, proud to be part of such a storied and accomplished agency. Nothing could...
Good Wood
Good Wood is a clear-eyed, finely hewed collection of personal essays on farming, forestry, and family in the Pacific Northwest. As a young man, Steve...
The Grains, or Passages in the Life of Ruth Rover with Occasional Pictures of Oregon
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...
Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor
In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial...