General vallejo and the advent of the americans

Graveyard of the pacific

A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history—and present—of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the ...

Portland confidential

Portland's biggest dirty little secret: The untold story behind the Great Portland Vice Scandal of 1956-57.

The radical middle class

America has a long tradition of middle-class radicalism, albeit one that intellectual orthodoxy has tended to obscure. The Radical Middle Class seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining in particular the independent small business ...