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A Columbia
River Reader
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The Columbia River Reader was produced by
the Center for Columbia River History and the Washington
State Historical Society in 1992 as part of the Great
River of the West Project supported by a major grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
A limited number of copies remain. To order, please
send your request and $3.00 for postage and handling
to Andrea Reidell.
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Contents of the Columbia River Reader include:
Part I: The Natural River
Tales of Coyote: Eastern Washington Traditions as told by
Martin Louie, Sr.
Native Place Names on the Columbia Plateau, by Eugene S.
Hunn
Riverworlds: The Sweep of Cultures and the Columbia, by
James P. Ronda
Encounter on the Columbia: An Inner History of Trade and
Its Consequences, by William L. Lang
The Women of Fort Vancouver, by John A. Hussey
Part II: The Manipulated River
The Columbia Before It Was Tamed: How a Raging River
Was Opened to Steamboat Traffic, by William D. Layman
Engineering the Cascades Canal and Locks, 1876-1896, by
William F. Willingham
Wheat Sacks Out to Sea: The Early Export Trade from the
Walla Walla Country, by Donald W. Meinig
The New Settlers on the Yakima Project, 1880-1910, by C.
Brewster Coulter
The Mystique of Grand Coulee Dam and the Reality of the
Columbia Basin Project, by Paul C. Pitzer
The Coon-Neuberger Debates of 1955: "Ten Dam Nights
in Oregon," by Bert E. Swanson and Deborah Rosenfeld
Longview: The Career of a Washington Model City, by Carl
Abbott
Historical Access to the Hanford Record: Problems in Investigating
the Past, by Michele A. Stenehjem
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