Bøger af Gordon B. Dodds

The life of Hiram Martin Chittenden illustrates the work of one of the most influential federal agencies that has shaped the American West -- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

To many Americans, Oregon is an idyllic, fruitful garden on the northwestern shore of a troubled urban nation. But, as author Gordon B. Dodds explains in this thoughtful history, behind that image lies the story of a state that has retained many of the conservative values of its first settlers while accommodating the forces of national development.

Robert D. Hume, capitalist, pioneer in the development of the salmon-canning industry of the Pacific Coast, and one of America's first conservationists, was an entrepreneur whose activities illustrate much about the economy, politics, and society of the Northwest.