River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin
River of Renewal tells the story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest that spans the Oregon-California border. There are Indian reservations at the headwaters, along the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, ever since the Gold Rush, a succession of wars and resource conflicts, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among the inhabitants of a land united by water.
If a new book of regional history aspired to classic status, it would be ingeniously conceived and gracefully written. It would break new ground and offer penetrating insights. It would prove indispensable to understanding a controversial current event. Stephen Most has written such a book.
—Portland Oregonian
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