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Looking for Pacific Northwest Native Resources?

November 16, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian Washington State Library Pacific Northwest and Special Collections compiled a selection of resources on the language, culture and intercultural connections of the first peoples of the Pacific Northwest, as part of the Washington State Heritage Center’s exhibit “We’re Still Here: The Survival of Washington Indians.” In honor of the federally recognized Native American Heritage Month 2012, the State Library is highlighting this list in hopes that it will stoke your interest in the diversity of…

High desert hardships and romantic conflict in Little Century

August 21, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

Anna Keesey’s debut literary novel paints a lyrical picture of the settling of Eastern Oregon.

Eli and Charlie ride from Oregon to dispatch a miner

April 18, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

In The Sisters Brothers author Patrick DeWitt has produced a darkly comic tour of the Old West.

View a vibrant world under the water’s surface in David Hall’s images

April 4, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

This recently released book of photography is an absorbing and rewarding read and Hall’s thoughtfully composed and beautifully executed photographs. The images reveal a world filled with color lying just beyond the sandy shores of the oft-muted Pacific Northwest that is above sea level.

Get Growing with Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon

February 22, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

Another in a series of books on gardening in the Pacific Northwest by gardening expert Marianne Binetti…Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon focuses on vegetables, herbs, fruits and seeds appropriate for Northwest gardens.

Author of Sisters Brothers visits Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

January 3, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

Sisters Brothers is a book about two brothers from gold-rush era Oregon and California who are employed as henchmen. They ride horses, camp out on the trail, try to gather clues about their target, and eventually uncover a lot more than they probably wanted to know about him. What starts out as a simple job becomes something more fantastic, and the two become entangled in the life of a man they set out to eliminate. As I was reading this book last…

“A most peculiar book”

November 30, 2011 Secretary of State's Office

The Clear Cut Future is a wild mélange of essays, criticism, short stories, excerpts from novels, poetry, photo essays, and the like by a variety of authors, whose only commonality appears to be that they are mostly from the Pacific Northwest, although that is never stated, and may not even be true.

Criss-cross the Pacific Northwest with Charley and Lean on Pete.

November 2, 2011 Secretary of State's Office

15 year old orphan, Charley Thompson develops a strong bond with a broken down racehorse. Together they travel to Wyoming in this spare and intense work.

Cook in a good mood with the Wisdom of Elders.

October 20, 2011 Secretary of State's Office

Readers can learn how people preserved and cooked food when there were no refrigerators, freezers, microwaves or electricity. Basic information on Lushootseed, the Puget Sound Salish language, at the back of the book includes examples of pronunciation and phrases.

Pelts help settle the New World.

September 7, 2011 Secretary of State's Office

Jay Dolin takes us on a journey, following the fur trappers west as America grows in size and maturity.

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