ONLY A FEW MILES FROM ITS BIRTHPLACE IN EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, THIS CREEK-SIZE RIVER WANDERS MORE THAN 1,200 MILES (about 1/3 of it in Canada)TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AT ASTORIA, OREGON, USA, BECOMING AS MUCH AS SIX MILES WIDE BEFORE RUSHING INTO THE SEA.
The whole story in Columbia River (Caxton Press, 2013), by JoAnn Roe.
San Juan Islands: Into the 21st Century (Caxton Press, 2011) by JoAnn Roe
tells what happened in these romantic islands between the USA and Canada from about mid-20th century to the present. This is not another replay of the famous Pig War between the countries in the 19th century, but about barges, ferries, alpaca farming, lavender farms, small airplane access, Christmas Ship to remote island settlements, a doctor who might wade ashore to help a patient, orca whales, the ocean research laboratory that is compared to Woods Hole Oceanographic, four-star and family-operated resorts. The real San Juan Islands of today.
Stevens Pass (Caxton Press, 2002), first published in 1997 by Mountaineer Books. JoAnn Roe emphasizes the difficulties of finding the pass from eastern Washington toward Seattle and of building a railroad through rugged North Cascades Mountains. The book describes beginnings of charming Leavenworth, logging, ski resort development, extensive railroad history that includes the 1910 Wellington avalanche (third worst railway disaster) and GNR's building of the Cascade Tunnel.
All three books are in bookstores and outlets all over the continent & some abroad.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY READERS. THANK YOU!!
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