Tracking Down Oregon

Ralph Friedman catches the spirit of the pioneer, the entrepreneur the builders of Oregon. Interesting people and places are sprinkled throughout his narrative, and he gives directions on how to find them, even if only from an armchair.

<div></div>A Chicagoan by birth, Ralph Friedman first saw Oregon at the age of seventeen after hitchhiking and riding boxcars across the country. He has written on every state and continent except Antarctica - but Oregon is his major interest.