Winter 2024
Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot
Review of Forest Under Siege, by Rand Schenck, published by Basalt Books/WSU Press » More ...
Books
Summer 2023
Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor
A biography by By Jeff Burnside and Gordon Davis » More ...
Summer 2023
Briefly Noted
Books and podcasts by WSU alumni, faculty, and staff » More ...
Winter 2022
Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon
Peter Boag
University of Washington Press: 2022
His father slapped him, commanding him to tend to his chores. Instead, the 18-year-old marched into the farmhouse where he lived with his parents and siblings, grabbed his father’s rifle, and shot him in the back of the head before turning the weapon on his mother and a community member who had stopped to chat.
The more historian Peter Boag learned about the killing in west Linn County—and its place in the larger … » More …
Winter 2022
The Cascade Killer: A Luke McCain Novel
Rob Phillips ’78 Comm.
Latah Books: 2020
A father and son snag a black bear near Chinook Pass during their first hunt of the season and come across human remains—an ear among the animal’s stomach contents. Luke McCain, a Yakima-based Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife officer who also just happens to be a WSU alum, is called to the scene along with his trusty sidekick.
Jack, a yellow Labrador retriever, leads McCain and a crew of sheriff’s … » More …
Fall 2022
The Genius of Bob’s Burgers: Comedy, Culture and Onion-Tended Consequences
Review of book The Genius of Bob’s Burgers by Margaret France » More ...
Winter 2020
Briefly noted
Books by alumni and faculty of Washington State University » More ...
Winter 2020
Saving the Oregon Trail: Ezra Meeker’s Last Grand Quest
A WSU Press book by Dennis M. Larsen » More ...
Winter 2020
Do No Harm
A medical thriller by James B. Cohoon ’76 Biol. » More ...
Quaker Testimony
I assure you that I did not take offense when on page 182 of Irene Allen’s murder-mystery, Quaker Testimony, the question is asked, in effect, “How would you feel if your sister married an Army officer?” Here’s why:
This story is woven around the strong Quaker conviction that war must be resisted. As a former Marine enlisted man and a career Air Force officer, I can find no fault with that. I feel strongly that these Quaker ideals are exactly the ideals that deserve defending. The problem, as revealed in this story, is that not all Quakers agree on what form war resistance must take. … » More …