Quiet Stream Books

Richard M. Cary

 Any works of fiction will require some degree of research if it is to be authentic. Books, periodicals, interviews, and when possible, personal visits to the actual locations provide the kind of historical foundation upon which the story rests. If the characters are fictitious, then at least the environment and scenes need to be authentic. Of course, historical sources may not always agree. It is then that the writer must make decisions. In a serious effort to make the historical fictions books that I write ring true, I have read and thought and made choices. Most of the following sources can be bought in bookstores or online. Some may be accessed in local libraries only.

RESEARCH MATERIAL--HISTORICAL FICTION

Bennett, Robert A. Walla Walla, Portrait of a Western Town 1804-1899. Walla Walla, WA.1980.

Clark, Richard. River of the West, A Chronicle of the Columbia. New York: Picador USA. 1997.

Curtis, Edward S. Portraits, the Many Faces of the Native Americans. New York: Fall River Press. 2009.

Davis, William C. The American Frontier, Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800-1899. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2005.

Dary, David.  Frontier Medicine.  New York: Vintage Books. 2008.

DeVoto, Bernard, ed. The Journals of Lewis and Clark. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1981.

Drucker, Philip. Cultures of the North Pacific Coast. San Francisco, CA: Chandler Publishing Company. 1965.

Espy, Willard R. Oysterville. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press.1977. 

Ficken, Robert E. Washington Territory. Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press. 2002.

Gunther, Erna. Ethnobotany of Western Washington, The Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. 1995.

Halpin, Marjorie M. Totem Poles, An Illustrated Guide. Vancouver: UBC Press. 1993.

Haycox, Stephen, James K. Barnett, and Caedmon A. Liburd, editors. Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific 1741-1805. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. 1997.

Judson, Katharine Berry. Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.

Kane, Paul. The Columbia Wanderer, Sketches, Paintings, and Comments, 1846-1847. Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. 1971.

Layman, William D. Layman. Native River, The Columbia Remembered. Pulman WA: WSU Press. 2002. 

McChesney, Chas. E., et.al. Rolls of Certain Indian Tribes in Oregon and Washington. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press. 1969.

McDonald, Lucile. Coast Country, a History of Southwest Washington. Long Beach, WA: Midway Printery. 1989.

Nesbit, Jack. David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work.   Seattle, WA:  Sasquatch Books  2012.

No Author. The Canoe Indians of Shoalwater Bay (Their Canoes and How They Used Them). Heritage Committee, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Tokeland, WA. 1984.

No Author. Indians of the Northwest, Traditions, History, Legends, and Life. Philadelphia: Petra Press. 1997.

No Author. Shoalwater Life Indoors. Heritage Committee, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Tokeland, WA. 1984.

Payne, James and Laura Schutz.  An Illustrated Historyof Fort Walla Walla. Fort Walla Walla Museum, 2011.

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon, eds. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast.  Vancouver B.C. Canada: Lone Pine Publishing. 2004 (Revised).

Roberts, Kenneth. The Battle of Cowpens: The Great Morale Builder. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1958.

Ross, Alexander. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River 1810-1813. Corvallis OR: Oregon State University Press. 2000.

Ruby, Robert H. and John A. Brown. The Chinook Indians, Traders of the Lower Columbia River. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press. 1976.

Ruby, Robert H. and John A. Brown. Indian Slavery in the Pacific Northwest. Spokane: The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1993.

Ruby, Robert H. and John A. Brown. Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press. 1981.

Sloccum, Robt. G. & Kenneth H. Matsen. Shoto Clay, a Description of Clay Artifacts from the Herzoz Site in the Lower Columbia Region. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort. 1968.

Stark, Raymod. Guide to Indian Herbs. Blaine, WA: Hancock Publishers. 1981.

Stevens, Sydney. I is for Indians.  Oysterville, WA: Independently Published. 1999. 

Stewart, Hilary.  Cedar, Tree of Life to the Northwest Coastal Indians.  Seattle:  University of Washington Press.  1984. 

Swan, James G. The Northwest Coast, or, Three Years’ Residence in Washington Territory. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. 1969.

Thomas, Edward Harper. Chinook, a History and Dictionary of the Northwest Coast Trade Jargon. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. 1970.

Trafzer, Clifford E. The Chinook. New York, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. 1990.

Weis, Norman D. Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, ID. 2010.

Turner, Nancy J. Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples. Vancouver, B.C.: UBC Press. 1995.

Westrn Places, A chronicle of Western Settlement, Volume 2, Number 3. October 1993.

Woodward, Arthur. Indian Trade Goods. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Publishing. 1989.

Ziak, Rex.  Lewis and Clark, Down and Up the Columbia River.  Astoria, OR:  Moffitt House Press. 2005 (2nd printing 2011).

Map:  "Oregon Trail."

Map:  “Alaska & Canada’s INSIDE PASSAGE Cruise Tour Guide.” Coastal Cruise Tour Guides. Tenth Printing.  1994.

Map:  “Columbia R. Bonneville to Pacific Ocean...”  FISH-n-MAP CO. Copyrighted, but no date given.

**In addition to the above written resources, I have carefully and frequently walked and boated on the places where the main body of the writing takes place. I’ve also visited key historical sites and local museums.