by R. Gregory Nokes | Sep 1, 2018 | Blog
Immaculate conception — a political version of it — is how modern West Coast residents envision slavery’s role in the earliest foundations of California, Oregon and Washington.
» Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
Those of you who have read my new book, “The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett,” will recall the chapter describing the drowning of two young boys of the Applegate family in the Columbia River in 1843.
» Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 24, 2018 | Blog
Yep, that’s me. Name in lights. Nice turnout, too, of 40-plus for my presentation at Powell’s City of Books on my new book, “The Troubled Life of Peter... » Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog
He was an Oregon pioneer and first governor of California, but he was also a former slaveholder who could never seem to get beyond his single-minded goal of banning blacks and other minorities from the West. R. Gregory Nokes, author of the new book The Troubled Life... » Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Jun 10, 2018 | Blog
I’ve been wondering how Peter Burnett, dead these 123 years, would have reacted to my new book, “The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California.” Would he hail it as a validation of a life of struggle, or denounce it as grossly... » Read More
by R. Gregory Nokes | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog
Those of you who have read my new book on Peter Burnett will have noticed references to Native American fishing at Willamette Falls, near Oregon City. The forty-foot high falls was a traditional tribal fishing ground for salmon for many centuries for the Chinookan... » Read More
