Railroads and Clearcuts: Legacy of Congress's 1864 Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grant

by Derrick Jensen, George Draffan, John Osborn

Book by Jensen, Derrick, Draffan, George

198 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Derrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. He has published several books questioning and critiquing contemporary society and its values, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He holds a B.S. in Mineral Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. He has also taught creative writing at Pelican Bay State Prison and Eastern Washington University.

Reviews

[saderbelle]

This book covers absolutely essential Pacific Northwest history, which was both fascinating and infuriating to learn about. While I think it's important for people living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to learn about, this book was impressively dry and fairly difficult to read. It helps that over half of the book is actually sources / bibliography, but the 100 or so pages of actual content may be less accessible to some readers. At the very least, I would highly encourage reading the conclusion of the book, pages 103 - 108.

[Tom]

his first - and easily driest - there's some interesting stuff here, but it'd be better to just skip it and stick to Jensen's central trilogy (Language Older Than Words, Culture Of Make Believe, and Endgame)

[Justin]

Dry but interesting. This was well researched and read like a scholarly article. I wish it were more accessible (style wise) because it covers an important topic that affects everyone.