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ROUGH JUSTICE
Crime and Punishment on the Northwest Frontier & The Origins of Oregon State Penitentiary
James O. Long
Drawing on eyewitnesses, diaries, newspapers, and court documents, James O. Long brings to life the makeshift trials, public hangings, and moral conflicts that defined early Oregon. With vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Rough Justice traces the circuitous path from frontier improvisation to the creation of Oregon State Penitentiary—revealing how necessity, morality, and survival shaped the character of the Pacific Northwest.
ISBN 9781935129839
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WOLFER
Carter Niemeyer
Looking for an entertaining, authoritative, nonfiction book about wolves and wolf politics? This is it!
​IPPY Gold Medal Award, Idaho Library Association Silver Medal
​​His plan was to stay in Iowa, maybe get a job counting ducks, or do a little farming. But events conspired to fling Carter Niemeyer westward and straight into the jaws of wolves. From his early years wrangling ornery federal trappers, eagles and grizzlies, to winning a skinning contest that paved the way for wolf reintroduction in the Northern Rockies, Carter Niemeyer reveals the wild and bumpy ride that turned a trapper - a killer - into a champion of wolves.
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WOLF LAND
Carter Niemeyer
Life with wolves is never dull. If you love good campfire stories this book is for you!
Idaho Library Association Silver Medal​
Carter Niemeyer has followed wolves – and captured many – since he helped reintroduce them in the Northern Rockies in the mid-1990s. In his second memoir, Wolf Land, he takes us across the rugged West as he tracks wolves, shares in their lives, and seeks middle ground for these iconic animals, both on the land and in our hearts.
30th Anniversary of Wolf Reintroduction 1995-96
THE OTHER TEN WOLVES:
A YELLOWSTONE BACKSTORY​
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In a bittersweet blend of science and yarn, Carter Niemeyer takes us back to 1996 on a heart-pounding, eye-witness adventure to add ten more wolves–the Sawtooth pups–to Yellowstone’s newly reintroduced wolf packs.
So much could go wrong. So much did go wrong. But in the end, the other ten wolves helped change the character of Yellowstone’s wolf packs forever.
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