Portland And The Pacific Northwest

Perlot, Jean-Nicolas; Bretnor, Helen Harding (translator): Gold Seeker : Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years : Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut in California and Oregon During the Gold Rush Years, London, U.K. Yale Univ Press 1985
ISBN: 0-300-01996-3 Very Good

451 pages, Index, B/W Photos & illustrations, red cloth boards, gilt lettering. Book has no flaws of mention. Dustjacket is bright with some light edge wear. Perlot's witty and informative account of his life in California (1850) and his subsequent career in the newly rich town of Portland, Oregon. Book tells of the reaction of Frenchmen to the California gold rush, the pioneer experience of the immigrants to the West coast, the foreign perspective on life in nineteenth-century California and the Pacific Northwest, the customs of the now-extinct Yosemite Indians, etc. First Edition, First Printing Very Good Hard Cover Used

[KW: Pioneer and Frontier America]

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David Newson: The Western Observer 1805-1882, Life and Times in the Pacific Northwest No. 1. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1972.
Nice copy, clean and tight. Dedication on title page..

First Edition, Trade Paperback, Very Good+.

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Netboy, Anthony. Salmon of the Pacific Northwest Fish Vs. Dams. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1958.
Ex-Library A very good copy, clean and tight. The usual ex-library stamps and stickers..

First Edition, Hard Cover, Very Good/Very Good.

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FRANKLIN, JERRY F., L. J. DEMPSTER, AND RICHARD H. WARING, EDITORS. Research on Coniferous Forest Ecosystems: First Year Progress in the Coniferous Forest Biome, US/IBP (Proceedings of a Symposium held at Northwest Scientific Association Forty-fifth Annual Meeting, Bellingham, WA, March 23-24, 1972). Portland: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Serve, USDA, 1972.

4to, 322pp., (spine slightly faded; handstamp & ink number on front cover & title; edge of rear flyleaf yellowed)

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