|
|
Article: Crater Lake National Park: A History.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Oregon Historical Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Oregon Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Crater Lake National Park: A History By Rick Harmon
Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2002. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. $19.95 paper.
This book ends the long need for a comprehensive history of Crater Lake that will satisfy readers ranging from tourists to scholars. Rick Harmon, for many years the capable editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, has written a readable, analytical account based on thorough research.
The book briefly summarizes forty million years of Crater Lake's history but stresses human history during the past two hundred years. Harmon first explains the relationships of Indians living west ...