Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country
Title | Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Russell Jackman |
Publisher | Caxton Press |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780870040283 |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Award winning photography and lithography sets this "coffee table" book apart from others of its type.
Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country
Title | Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Russell Jackman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 203 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Harney County (Or.) |
ISBN |
Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country
Title | Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Conkling |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 217 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780598049971 |
Out Here
Title | Out Here PDF eBook |
Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
Publisher | Roger Dorband |
Total Pages | 118 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Steens Mountain (Or.) |
ISBN | 9780972860949 |
"Limited edition chromogenic prints inside"--T.p. verso.
Child of Steens Mountain
Title | Child of Steens Mountain PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
For Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker, born in 1927 to an Irish immigrant sheep rancher and a school teacher, growing up on a homestead in the West made for "a hard, happy life with layers of riches." McVicker's memoir of a childhood spent on the southern slope of Steens Mountain offers a real-life, personal account of eastern Oregon history.An "outdoor child" all her life, McVicker tells stories that revolve around life on the ranch-tending sheep, picking wildflowers, doing chores-and describes everyday adventures: a rabid coyote threatens the family; a wild mustang stallion tries to kill her father; a Merino buck sheep leaps through the schoolhouse window. Images of Steens country-wild sagebrush and juniper country, with rugged vistas in every direction-are woven throughout her recollections, which share the profound sense of place found in the best Western memoirs. While vividly describing ranch life, Child of Steens Mountain also explores universal issues of parenting, making a living, and growing up. The homesteading life built a child's character and confidence, and as she reaches adulthood, McVicker, raised to be independent and responsible, ultimately defies her parents to follow her own path.McVicker's neighbor and friend, Barbara J. Scot, edited and organized the narration while preserving the author's distinctive voice. In an afterword, Scot reflects on McVicker's experiences and describes the collaborative process-including a visit to the old homestead site-that led to this book. Historian Richard Etulain, whose own childhood was spent on a sheep ranch in the West, provides an overview of sheep ranching and homesteading in Steens country in his foreword.Whether intrigued by Oregon history, the high desert country, or memoirs of homesteading life, readers will be unable to resist these appealing stories of growing up amid the natural beauty of Steens country.
The Oregon Desert
Title | The Oregon Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Russell Jackman |
Publisher | Caxton Press |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780870044342 |
Historical, biographical and geological information and practical desert folk lore on a 24,000 square-mile area of the Pacific Northwest.
100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon
Title | 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon PDF eBook |
Author | William L. Sullivan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Hiking |
ISBN | 9780967783093 |
A complete guide to hiking and traveling in Eastern Oregon, including the Wallowa Mountains, Steens Mountain, and the high desert country east of Bend.