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In many ways, the United States are becoming more homogeneous than they were fifty or a hundred years ago. The rise of mass technology, communication, and entertainment has meant more people get the same information through the same media, resulting in a sameness among people and places not possible before.

The old days were much different. For one thing, until recently a large percentage of the U.S. population were immigrants, bringing with them the culture and ethnic traditions of their home countries. Italians, Chinese, Africans, Dutch, Puerto Ricans, Irish, Jews, Scandinavians—they all tended to settle together, and were thus able to preserve what they knew.

Communication was also far less unifying. Correspondence was much more local, typically, and interactions between regions were limited, usually to word-of-mouth and newspapers. In such circumstances, different parts of the country often seemed almost like different countries altogether; this was especially true in places that didn't become part of the Union until relatively late in the nation's history.

Each state has a history of its own, and each one is uniquely fascinating. Even where there seems to be considerable overlap, the differences are very real, such as the difference between the California Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush. An appreciation of the diversity of our nation is almost always preceded by a knowledge of the individual states and regions within it.

Some states naturally have more written about them than others, like Texas, which before it was a U.S. state was an autonomous nation. Nevertheless, we're working on building a diverse collection, though we do have a slight bias for books about the Pacific Northwest. We also have a bias for books from a Christian perspective, though we carry both Christian and secular titles.

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	All That Glitters The Men and Women of the Gold and Silver Rushes Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in California State (Location: HISA-19CGR)
	Battle of Seattle by Douglas Bond from P&R Publishing for 4th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $11.99
	Boy in the Alamo We Were There at the Battle of the Alamo by Margaret Cousins from Corona Publishing Co. Historical fiction for 4th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Boy in the Alamo We Were There at the Battle of the Alamo by Margaret Cousins from Veritas Press Historical fiction for 4th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $19.00
	Captain Bayley's Heir A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by G. A. Henty from Robinson Curriculum Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
	Captain, My Captain by Deborah Meroff from Inheritance Publications Historical Fiction for 8th-10th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.95
	Colonial Experience 1607-1774 A Basic History of the United States Volume 1 by Clarence B. Carson from American Textbook Committee American History Reference for 9th-Adult in Basic History of the United States (Location: HISCUR-US) $17.00
	Colonial Period: 1607-1750 American History by Era Volume 2 by Brenda Stalcup (editor) from Greenhaven Press for 9th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Color the Pacific Northwest A Timber Press Coloring Book by Zoe Keller Clr Csm from Timber Press, Inc. for 5th-Adult in Adult Coloring Books (Location: COL-ADULT) $12.95
	Early Oregon Days by Edwin D. Culp 1St Edition from Caxton Press for 6th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Fabulous Opal Whiteley From Logging Camp to Princess of India by Elbert Bede from Binford & Mort Publishing for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	God's Mountain Man The Story of Jedediah Strong Smith by Esther Vogt from Gospel Publishing Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Gold Rush by Liza Ketchum 1^st edition from Little, Brown & Company for 5th-9th grade in California State (Location: HISA-19CGR) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Gold Rush Dogs by Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G. Haigh from Alaska Northwest Books for 4th-9th grade in California State (Location: HISA-19CGR) $5.50 (1 in stock)
	Gray & Columbia's River by Joean K. Fransen from Binford & Mort Publishing for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History by Dick Pintarich 1^st edition from New Oregon Publishers for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Guide to the California Gold Rush by Eugene R. Hart for 5th-10th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Jamestown and the Founding of the Nation by Warren M. Billings from Thomas Publications for 9th-Adult in Jamestown Colony (Location: HISA-17JA) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Jason Lee Winner of the Northwest Sowers Series by Charles Ludwig from Mott Media Biography for 7th-9th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Jessie Benton Fremont California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins from Beautiful Feet Books for 4th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95
	Kid on the River The Adventures of a Young Tugboat Captain on the Columbia River by Dean Nichols 1^st edition from Binford & Mort Publishing for 8th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Making of America by Robert D. Johnston from National Geographic for 6th-9th grade in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Making of American California A Providential Approach by Dorothy Dimmick from Beautiful Feet Books for 6th-9th grade in California State (Location: HISA-19CGR) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West by LeRoy R. Hafen & Harvey L. Carter from University of Nebraska Biography for 9th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $21.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Oregon for the Curious by Ralph Friedman 3rd from Caxton Press for 7th-10th grade in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Oregon the Way It Was by Edwin D. Culp from Caxton Press for 6th-9th grade in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Oregon's Golden Years by Miles Potter 2^nd edition from Caxton Press for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Other Side of Oregon by Ralph Friedman from Caxton Press for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest by Bill Gulick from Caxton Press for 7th-Adult in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO)
	Over the Applegate Trail to Oregon in 1846 by Anne Billeter, Bert Webber for 8th-12th grade in Oregon Trail (Location: HISA-19OR)
	Overland Migrations by David Lavender from National Park Service Division of Publication for 6th-10th grade in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO)
	Path to the Pacific The Story of Sacagewea by Neta Lohnes Frazier from Quarto Knows in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska by Jim Pojar, Andy MacKinnon from Lone Pine Publishing for 8th-Adult in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD)
	Portland Bridge Book by Sharon Wood from Oregon Historical Society Press for 8th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Princess Ka'iulani Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People by Sharon Linnea from Eerdmans Biography for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.00
	Rose City Justice A Legal History of Portland, Oregon 1^st edition from Oregon Historical Society Press for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Seattle: Now & Then by Paul Dorpat from Paul Dorpat for 5th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Northern New England Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine by Vance Muse, with photography by Paul Rocheleau from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Rocky Mountain States Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana by Jerry Dunn, with photography by Mary Jenkins and Marion Paone from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Southern New England Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island by Henry Wiencek, with photography by Paul Rocheleau from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Texas & the Arkansas River Valley Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas by Tabori Stewart from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Carolinas and the Appalachian States North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia by Tabori Stewart from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Deep South Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida by William B. Logan and Vance Muse, with photography by Mary Z. Jenkins from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Desert States New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah by Tabori Stewart from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Great Lakes States Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota by Suzanne Winckler, with photography by Balthazar Korab from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Mid-Atlantic States New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania by Michael S. Durham, with photography by Michael Melford from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Plains States Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota by Tabori Stewart from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Virginia and the Capitol Region Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Delaware by Henry Wiencek, with photography by Mary Z. Jenkins from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang for 9th-Adult in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
	Stories of Young Pioneers In Their Own Words by Violet T. Kimball from Mountain Press Historical Non-fiction for 6th-11th grade in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $14.00
	Stout-Hearted Seven Orphaned on the Oregon Trail Sterling Point by Neta Lohnes Frazier from Sterling Publishing Co. Non-fiction/Biography for 5th-9th grade in Oregon Trail (Location: HISA-19OR)
	Tales From a Northwest Naturalist by Jim Anderson 1^st edition from Caxton Press for 5th-Adult in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
	That Balance so Rare The Story of Oregon by Terence O'Donnell from Oregon Historical Society Press for 7th-Adult in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	This was Mining in the West by David W. Pearson Second Edition; First Printing from Schiffer for 6th-Adult in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Vanishing Portland Images of America by Ray and Jeanna Bottenberg from Arcadia Publishing Photographic History for 6th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	War Chief Joseph by Helen Addison Howard & Dan L. McGrath from Bison Books for 7th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	We Claimed This Land Portland's Pioneer Settlers by Eugene E. Snyder from Binford & Mort Publishing for 9th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Whitman Massacre of 1847 by Catherine, Elizabeth, and Matilda Sager from Ye Galleon Press for 7th-12th grade in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge by Russ Jolley from Oregon Historical Society Press for 8th-Adult in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest Tracking and Identifying Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates Timber Press Field Guides by David Moskowitz from Timber Press, Inc. for 4th-Adult in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $29.99
	World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster from Beautiful Feet Books Non-fiction for 7th-10th grade Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks in Jamestown Colony (Location: HISA-17JA) $21.95 $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Year of the Black Pony by Walt Morey from Bethlehem Books Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $12.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Year of the Black Pony by Walt Morey from Blue Heron Publishing Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.00 (2 in stock)

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