Author : Rascal
Publisher : Troll Communications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780816733057
When the circus bear, Oregon, decides that he wants to go home to the big forest, he enlists the help of a dwarf named Duke. With very little money and no luggage at all, the two set out into the night. A beautifully illustrated cross-country odyssey that vividly portrays the meaning of friendship. Full color.
Author : Rinker Buck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1451659164
A new American journey.
Author : Jedidiah Jenkins
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1524761397
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “With winning candor, Jedidiah Jenkins takes us with him as he bicycles across two continents and delves deeply into his own beautiful heart.”—Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things On the eve of turning thirty, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent sixteen months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections drew hundreds of thousands of followers, all gathered around the question: What makes a life worth living? In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Jed narrates his adventure—the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world—as well as the internal journey that started it all. As he traverses cities, mountains, and inner boundaries, Jenkins grapples with the question of what it means to be an adult, his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his conservative Christian upbringing, and his belief in travel as a way to wake us up to life back home. A soul-stirring read for the wanderer in each of us, To Shake the Sleeping Self is an unforgettable reflection on adventure, identity, and a life lived without regret. Praise for To Shake the Sleeping Self “[Jenkins is] a guy deeply connected to his personal truth and just so refreshingly present.”—Rich Roll, author of Finding Ultra “This is much more than a book about a bike ride. This is a deep soul deepening us. Jedidiah Jenkins is a mystic disguised as a millennial.”—Tom Shadyac, author of Life’s Operating Manual “Thought-provoking and inspirational . . . This uplifting memoir and travelogue will remind readers of the power of movement for the body and the soul.”—Publishers Weekly
Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
Publisher : Fodor's Travel
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0147546796
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years. Gorgeous scenery, hip cities, and a growing wine and craft beer scene make Oregon one of the top destinations for adventure and culture lovers alike. With Fodor's Oregon, travelers can successfully navigate the Pacific Coast's beautiful beaches and Portland's unique neighborhoods, while also enjoying Willamette's wineries and the hiking opportunities of the Cascade Mountain range. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what's off the beaten path · Major sights such as Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Zoo and Lan Su Chinese Garden · Coverage of Portland, the Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley, Eugene, Ashford, Bend, Columbia River Gorge, Mt.Hood, Central Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Southern Oregon, and Eastern Oregon Planning to visit more of the Pacific Northwest? Check out Fodor's travel guide to the Pacific Northwest with Oregon, Washington & Vancouver.
Author :
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1560376600
Travel photographer Greg Vaughn takes us on a photographic journey of Oregon, sharing the spectacular, diverse landscape the state is known for. Enjoy the beauty of Oregon's famous coast with sea stacks, the snowcapped peaks of the Cascades, lush old-growth forests, and fertile valleys. From the cascading waterfalls, serene lakes, and raging rivers of western Oregon to the craggy mountains, deep canyons, and painted hills in eastern Oregon, it's a breathtaking journey.
Author : Emma Bland Smith
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 19,24 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1632170655
This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in California in almost a century. Using facts recorded by Fish & Wildlife scientists, author Emma Bland Smith imagines the wolf's experiences in close detail as he makes an epic 2,000-mile trek over three years time. The wolf's story is interwoven with the perspective of a young girl who follows his trek through the media. As she learns more about wolves and their relationships with humans, she becomes determined to find a way to keep him safe by making him a wolf that is too famous to harm.
Author : Jean Van Leeuwen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,25 MB
Release : 1996-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140383190
"Basing her story on the published accounts of her true-life heroine, Mary Ellen Todd, Van Leeuwen describes a family's tumultuous journey along the Oregon Trail in 1852." --Publishers Weekly With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a two thousand mile trek to claim unchartered Oregon Territory. Crossing rough terrain and encountering hostile people, the Todds show their true pioneering spirit. But as winter draws near, will the Todds have the strength to complete their journey? And if they make it, will Oregon fulfill their dreams? “This is a convincing picture of a pioneer journey that does a good job of showing the tremendous sacrifices people made to follow their dream of a better life.” –School Library Journal
Author : Marty Rhodes Figley
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,43 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761372563
Eleven-year-old Clara Morgan traveled the Oregon Trail with her family. While her mother cared for the baby, Clara struggled with the cooking. Finally, she made her first batch of perfect biscuits. But she gave them up to a hungry American Indian who stopped by. Little did she know they would meet again. Would her family’s act of kindness help them farther down the trail? In the back of this book, you’ll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader’s theater performance of this adventure. At our companion website—www.lerneresource.com—you can download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader’s theater performance a success.
Author : Marie Rose Wong
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0295801980
Around the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland�s two Chinatowns (one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings) were the largest in all of North America. Marie Rose Wong chronicles the history of Portland�s Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850s until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s, drawing on exhaustive primary material from the National Archives, including more than six thousand individual immigration files, census manuscripts, letters, and newspaper accounts. She examines both the enforcement of Exclusion Laws in the United States and the means by which Chinese immigrants gained illegal entry into the country. The spatial and ethnic makeup of the combined "Old Chinatown" afforded much more contact and accommodation between Chinese and non-Chinese people than is usually assumed to have occurred in Portland, and than actually may have occurred elsewhere. Sweet Cakes, Long Journey explores the contributions that Oregon�s leaders and laws had on the development of Chinese American community life, and the role that the early Chinese immigrants played in determining their own community destiny and the development of their Chinatown in its urban form and vernacular architectural expression. Sweet Cakes, Long Journey is an original and notable addition to the history of Portland and to the field of Asian American studies.
Author : William L. Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2008
Category : 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.
