Oregon Harvest; photography

By Peter Marbach, text by Bruce Pokarney (’77 B.A. Comm.)

A survey of Oregon agriculture in words and photographs—but what photographs! In the tradition of its publisher, Beautiful America Publishing Company, the book is a visual feast and a rhapsody to the beauty and productivity of Oregon.

Palouse Country

By George Bedirian
Washington State University Press, Pullman, 2002

Palouse Country is a handsomely produced volume of over 100 duotone photographs. This revised WSU Press edition contains many previously unpublished images that provide an eloquent insight into a pre-motorized age of magnificent barn structures and the towns that supported their production.

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Palouse Country: A Land
and Its People

By Richard Scheuerman;
photography by John Clement

Step into the beauty and heritage of the Palouse. Discover the oral histories of the people who populated this area. See panoramic beauty unlike anywhere else in the world. More than 50 John Clement photos will take you there. Author Dick Sheuerman tells a carefully crafted account with words that only one who loves the land can tell it.

Washington’s Historical Courthouses

By Ray Graves ’50
Elfin Cove Press, Bellevue, Washington, 2002

Ray Graves’s book, Washington’s Historic Courthouses, is a wonderful pictorial survey of the proud cultural and architectural heritage of the state of Washington. It contains beautiful photographs by Erick Erickson, a thoughtful introduction by Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, and a very interesting discussion of the historic development of each of the state’s 39 county seats and the architectural qualities of each courthouse built before 1930.

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