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Northwest by Northwest — Nonfiction
- Nature and the Environment
- Poetry
- Anthologies
- Drama
- Travel Narratives
- Essays
- Biography & Autobiography
- True Crime
- Personal Narratives
- Videorecordings
This list features selected non-fiction titles written after 1960 by authors who live (or have lived) in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska (excluding the Arctic), and who write about those regions. The list is for reading rather than academic research. Consequently, we have also excluded history, geography and some scientific works that are easily accessible when searched by subject in the Library Catalog.
Nature and the Environment
- Anderson, Chris
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(1993)574.5264 A545eThe author records his observations while living on the edge of the McDonald-Dunn forest near Corvallis.
- Barcott, Bruce
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(1997)917.9778 B244mThe author profiles the mountain and individuals whose lives revolve around it.
- Blake, Tupper Ansel
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(2000)333.91 B636b 2000Lavish photographs accompany the text by William Kittredge that documents the birds, animal, landscape and residents of the Klamath Basin and their reliance on balance in the environment.
- Brown, Bruce
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(1982)333.956 B877mThis story of recounts the quest for the endangered salmon of the Olympic Peninsula.
- Dietrich, William
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(1992)333.75 D566fThis account tells of the struggle between environmentalists and loggers for the forests of the Olympic Peninsula.
- Dietrich, William
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(1995)979.7 D566nThis book offers a sweeping panorama of the river's physical and cultural evolution from the 1700s to the present.
- Houle, Marcy Cottrell
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(1995)598.916 H838pHoule researches the buteo hawks of the Zumwalt Prairie in Northeastern Oregon.
- Jans, Nick
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(2000)508.798 J35t 2000Jans relates his 20-year progression through years of hunting with a rifle and eventually exchanging the weapon for a camera.
- Laskin, David
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(1997)551.69795 L3455r 1997The author cites history and literature as well as scientific fact in this highly readable discussion of our region's weather.
- Leeson, Ted
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(1994)799.17 L487htAn angler offers his philosophical and practical perspectives on fishing Oregon waters.
- MacLean, Norman
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(1992)634.9618 M168yThe historical investigation of the 1949 Mann Gulch fire that took the lives of 12 smokejumpers.
- Paetzel, Mary
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(1998)508.795 P126s 1998The author visits and revisits favorite places in the Siskiyous over a 20-year period.
- Peterson, Brenda
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(2000)508 P485s 2000This collection of nature stories lures the reader to rivers, sounds and oceans.
- Pyle, Robert Michael
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(2001)508.797 P996w 2001Pyle examines the natural history of Washington's Willapa Hills.
- Sullivan, Robert
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(2000)639.28 S951w 2000Sullivan observes members of the Makah Indian tribe as they struggle to resume the traditional practice of whale hunting.
Poetry
- Alexie, Sherman
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(1993)818.5 A384f
- Barrington, Judith
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(1985)811.5 B276t
- Carlile, Henry
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(1994)811.5 C282ra
- Carver, Raymond
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(1998)811.5 C329a 1998
- Chrystos
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(1993)811.5 C558i
- Crawford, Tom
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(1993)811.5 C899L
- Daniel, John
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(1994)811.5 D184a
- Dauenhauer, Nora
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(1988)811.5 D236d
- Espy, Willard R.
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(1998)811.5 E78s 1998
- Fleming, Geranna
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(1978)811.5 F597s
- Gale, Vi
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(1984)811.5 G152o
- Gallagher, Tess
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(1992)811.5 G162m
- Glazer, Jane
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(1993)811.5 G5535s
- Green, Samuel
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(1994)811.5 G7976v
- Haines, John Meade
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(1993)811.5 H153o
- Hamill, Sam
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(1987)811.5 H217n
- Harris, Jana
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(1993)811.5 H314o
- Harris, Jana
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(1997)811.5 H314d
- Holway, Susan Elizabeth
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(1992)811.5 H759r
- Hugo, Richard
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(1984)811.5 H895m
- Inada, Lawson Fusao
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(1992)811.5 I35L
- La Morticella, Barbara
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(1996)811.5 M888r
- Le Guin, Ursula K.
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(1999)811.5 L521s 1999
- McNulty,Tim
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(1992)811.5 M1695i
- Mitsui, James Masao
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(1997)811.5 M684f 1997
- Niatum, Duane
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(1991)811.5 N577d
- Roethke, Theodore
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(1975)811.5 R719c 1975
- Runciman, Lex
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(1989)811.5 R939a
- Rutsala, Vern
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(1981)811.5 R981w
- Salisbury, Ralph J.
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(2000)811.5 S167r 2000
- Shugrue, Jim
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(1996)811.5 S561s
- Skloot, Floyd
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(1994)811.5 S628p
- Snyder, Gary
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(1992)811.5 S675n
- Stafford, Kim Robert
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(1999)811.5 S778t 1999
- Stafford, William
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(1998)811.5 S779w 1998
- Steinman, Lisa Malinowski
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(1993)811.5 S823b
- Venn, George
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(1999)811.5 V462w 1999
- Wagoner, David
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(1999)811.5 W135tL 1999
- Woody, Elizabeth
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(1994)811.5 W912L
Anthologies
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(1990)810.8089 D173
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(1990)811.08 D314
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(1993)811.008 F931
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(1996)917.95 I34
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(1988)810.8 L349
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(1998)811.5 P723 1998
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(1999)811.08 P851 1999
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(1993)818.08 V299
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(1989)"An Anthology of the Northwest African American Writers Workshop"808.89 V889
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(1986)810.8 W926
Drama
- Deemer, Charles
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(1985)812.5 D312cUnemployed timber workers encounter a Swami and his followers at a Central Oregon tavern.
- Deemer, Charles
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(1999)812.5 D312s 1999Eleven plays, many of them set in the Northwest, are joined by seven short stories in this collection.
- Henry, Chad
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(1988)782.81 H521aFour women form a zany rock music group.
- Overmyer, Eric
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(1991)812.5 O96mA troubled family is reunited at its Olympic Peninsula home.
Travel Narratives
- Carey, Robin
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(1998)979.521m C275n 1998After buying a cabin on the Rogue River, the author becomes acquainted with the land, wildlife and people associated with the river.
- Chapple, Steve
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(1993)917.863 C467kA native son rediscovers the land and people of Montana.
- Cody, Robin
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(1995)917.9704 C671vA story that tells of the author's solo trek from the river's source to its mouth.
- Egan, Timothy
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(1990)979.5 E28gA Seattle journalist retraces a pioneer's journey from Vancouver Island to Southern Oregon.
- Holt, John
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(2000)978 H758c 2000This book offers an exploration of the northern high plains at the start of a new century.
- Lord, Nancy
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(1999)917. L867g 1999The author recounts the adventures of the 1899 Harriman Expedition while retracing the route taken by the explorers.
- Manning, Harvey
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(2002)917.97 M28wa 2002Over a two-year period, a Washington outdoorsman covers nearly 3,000 foot-miles on the shores of Puget Sound.
- McKinney, Sam
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(2000)917.9704 M158r 2000The author travels the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean to the Columbia Gorge.
- Raban, Jonathan
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(1999)917.982. R112p 1999The British-born Raban travels the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau.
- Sullivan, William L.
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(2000)917.95 S942L 2000The author hikes through Oregon's wild areas, from Cape Blanco to Hell's Canyon.
- Tisdale, Sallie
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(1991)917.9504 T613sRegional and personal histories mingle in a journey through the region.
Essays
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(2003)808.84 B561 2003
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(2001)979.6 W956 2001
- Ashworth, William
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(1999)304.2 A831L 1999
- Bass, Rick
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(1991)978.6 B317w
- Coogle, Diana
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(1998)508.795 C769f 1998
- Daniel, John
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(1992)508 D184t
- Drake, Barbara
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(1998)979.53 D761p 1998
- Duncan, David James
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(1996)818.5 D911r 1996
- Heilman, Robert Leo
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(1995)979.5 H466o
- Linnman, Paul
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(2003)070.92 L758e 2003
- Moore, Kathleen Dean
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(1995)814.5 M822r
- Moore, Kathleen Dean
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(1999)814.5 M822h 1999
- Pond, Roger
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(1989)814.5 P796i
- Stafford, Kim Robert
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(1986)814.5 S779h
- Welch, Bob
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(1999)306.85 W439w 1999
Biography & Autobiography
- Ashworth, William
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(1998)917.957 A831w 1998The author remembers his early days hiking and climbing in these Oregon mountains.
- Blew, Mary Clearman
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(1991)978.662 B647aA story that tells of four generations of a rural Montana family.
- Blew, Mary Clearman
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(1994)979.799 B647bBlew ponders her Aunt Imogene's life which carried her from the plains of Montana to the far end of Washington's Olympic Peninsula in an era when women were to marry, bear children and remain as near as possible to kith and kin.
- Blunt, Judy
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(2002)B-BL627b 2002The author lives on and eventually leaves a northeastern Montana ranch.
- Doig, Ivan
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(1993)B-Do684hThis book, the companion to This House of Sky, centers on Doig's mother's letters.
- Gilmore, Mikal
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(1994)364.1523 G488sGary Gilmore's brother narrates his painful family history.
- Hale, Janet Campbell
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(1993)B-Ha1325bThese autobiographical essays tell of life as a member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe.
- Hein, Teri
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(2000)979.7043 H468a 2000The author's memoir tells of her coming of age in the Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington.
- Rember, John
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(2003)B-Re282t 2003The author returns to his childhood home in rural Idaho.
- Servid, Carolyn
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(2000)979.82 S491o 2000The author, reared in India, finds her true home in southeast Alaska.
- Smith, Annick
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(2001)814.5 S642i 2001Smith couples a passionate argument for saving wilderness with a memoir of love and loss and rebirth.
- Walth, Brent
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(1994)B-Ma124wThis book presents the life and times of a charismatic Oregon governor.
- Wolff, Tobias
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(1989)B-Wo8325tWolff tells an honest and eloquent story of his boyhood in the company towns of Northern Washington.
True Crime
- Egan, Timothy
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(1992)364.1523 E28bEgan recounts the nation's oldest continuing murder investigation in Pend Oreille County, Washington, and its eventual solution.
- Olsen, Jack
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(1985)364.1523 O52gThis is the story of the Idaho murderer and long-time fugitive, Claude Dallas.
- Rule, Ann
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(1988)364.1523 R935sThe author investigates the past and observes the Lane County, Oregon, trial of convicted child murderer Diane Downs.
- Rule, Ann
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(2004)364.1523 R935g 2004Rule spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than 49 young women.
Personal Narratives
- Adams, Melvin R.
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(2001)917.95 A215n 2001The author's memories merge with the scientific and historical background of Southeastern Oregon.
- Allen, Penny
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(2001)979.58 A428g 2001A filmmaker and her partner manage a ranch on the Oregon High Desert in the 1980s.
- Carey, Robin
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(1998)979.521 C275n 1998After buying a cabin on the Rogue River, the author becomes acquainted with the land, wildlife and people.
- Fromm, Pete
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(1993)818.5 F932iA college student endures a solitary assignment in the Idaho mountains.
- Heminway, John Hylan
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(2000)978.667 H488y 2000The author describes his experiences after purchasing a dilapitated Montana ranch.
- Lord, Nancy
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(1997)979.83 L8672fEvery summer, the author and her partner fish for salmon on Alaska's Cook Inlet.
- Scot, Barbara J.
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(1999)B-Sco81s 1999Alone at her cabin near Mt. Hood, the author contemplates nature and life.
Videorecordings
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(2003)DVD Drama BUSINESSSpokane Reservation best friends Aristotle and Seymour took different paths. When the two are reunited 16 years later, mutual feelings of hurt and resentment stand in the way of their friendship.
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(1999)DVD Drama DRUGSTOREA band of drug addicts, led by a husband and wife team, resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. They are successful in avoiding capture until their luck begins to run out, and the husband has to accept the fact that he must give up drugs to survive.
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(1991)DVD Drama MYTwo young men find friendship and adventures in Portland,Oregon, Seattle, Washington, and Idaho.
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(1975)DVD Drama ONEThis story that portrays life and death in the Oregon State Hospital is based on the novel by Oregon author Ken Kesey.