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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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	Collector, The David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet from Sasquatch Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.00 (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)
	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)
	In Search of Western Oregon by Ralph Friedman 1st Ed from Caxton Press for 11th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	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)
	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 Trail Penguin Classics by Francis Parkman Jr. from Penguin Classics Historical Non-fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.00
	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)
	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
	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 Precipice Garden by James DePreist, afterword by William Stafford from University of Portland for 10th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Travels of Jedediah Smith by Maurice S. Sullivan from University of Nebraska for 10th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	U'Ren A Look Back by John F. Williams, Jr. and John F. Williams III for 11th-Adult in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW) $20.00
	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

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