TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will be hosting a book signing of local author, James Royal Fox, Jr.’s latest publication, Ephraim Fox: An Oregon Pioneer Story, on August 26,…
Category: Books
BOOK REVIEW: Mansfield and Dirksen – Bipartisan Giants of the Senate; Hoffman Center Writer’s Series – Marc Johnson Reading August 30th
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan Marc C. Johnson is a local author who serves as President on Nehalem Bay Health District. He moved here after a career in journalism, teaching and government in…
Early Railroad Logging Book Event Marks the Arrival of Local Historical Classic at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
By Neal Lemery; Photos & Video by Don Backman The Whitney Company Along the Kilchis River: A First Hand Telling of Logging in the 1920s, a long awaited historical book, premiered August…
BOOK REVIEW: Deer Hunting with Jesus – Dispatches from America’s Class War
By Jim Heffernan This book was published 15 years ago but remains accurate and topical today. The author writes about his hometown of Winchester, Virginia in the early years of George W.’s…
“Bayocean” Author Visit at Tillamook County Library Aug. 12th
What: Jerry Sutherland, Author, Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon When: Saturday, August 12th 2-3pm Where: Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third Street, Tillamook, OR Why: Bayocean Peninsula forms the western edge of Tillamook Bay…
BOOK REVIEW: The Whitney Company – Along the Kilchis River by Daniel Dewees Strite; EVENT – Reading at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum August 5th
By Neal Lemery Those curious about Tillamook County’s logging industry, especially the use of railroads in the logging and transport of timber, will find this book of particular interest. This collection of…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Common Good” by Robert Reich
EDITOR’S NOTE: When I saw the announcement below from Robert Reich that he was going to share his book “The Common Ground” a chapter each week, I knew that the Pioneer’s book…
Book Review – Bill of Obligations by Richard Haass
By Jim Heffernan 237 Pages (63 pages notes and index) Published Jan. 24, 2023 Goodreads 4.21 out of 5, 522 ratings Available Cloud and Leaf Bookstore in Manzanita and Tillamook Public Library…
BOOK REVIEWS: A Two-fer from Jim – “Heading Into The Abyss” & “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress”
By Jim Heffernan These are books I’ve been stuck on for a while, unsure about reviewing them or not. I think they convey a great message, but I wish they were easier…
BOOK REVIEW: A Time to Build
By Jim Heffernan Maybe I’m hanging out with the wrong people, but it seems all the books I’ve been attracted to lately seem to express great ideas but are not easy to…