Richard Engeman’s book, The Oregon Companion (Timber Press), is now available. The book is beautiful — filled with historic photographs — and it has a nice heft! The writing is engaging, witty, and insightful.
The book is on the shelves at Powells. Here is a short description:
“What’s the connection between Ken Kesey and Nancy’s Yogurt?
How about the difference between a hoedad and a webfoot? What became of the Pixie Kitchen and the vanished Lambert Gardens?The Oregon Companion is an A-Z handbook of over 1000 people, places, and things. From Abernethy and beaver money to houseboats, railroads, and the Zigzag River, an intrepid public historian separates fact from fiction – with his sense of humor intact. Entries include towns and cities, counties, rivers, lakes, and mountains; people who have left a mark on Oregon; industries, products, crops, and natural resources. Includes more than 160 historical black and white photos. This entertaining and delightfully meticulous compendium is an essential reference for anyone curious about Oregon.”
Richard Engeman is a Northwest History Network board member and associate. He graduated from Reed College and holds graduate degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Washington. Formerly the public historian at the Oregon Historical Society, he serves on the Portland Landmarks Commission and on the boards of the Oregon Museums Association and the Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program (for which he wrote and compiled recipes for Eating it Up in Eden: The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Cookbook, which will soon be available).
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