Talking on paper : an anthology of Oregon letters and diaries
(Book)
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Published
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, c1994.
Physical Desc
xviii, 324 pages : ill. ; 28 cm.
Status
Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction
920.0795 TALKING
1 available
920.0795 TALKING
1 available
Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Oregon Collection
OREGCOLL 920 TALKING
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OREGCOLL 920 TALKING
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 920.0795 TALKING | Available |
Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Oregon Collection | OREGCOLL 920 TALKING | Available |
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Curry Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 979.5 TAL | Available |
Port Orford Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 979.5092 TAL | Available |
SWOCC Library - SWOCC Collection - Oregon Collection | CT256.T35 1994 | Available |
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Published
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, c1994.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Contributors to this anthology of Oregon letters and diaries include a missionary and a gambler, a prosoner and a judge, a clown and a civil servant, a housewife and a homesteader, a cowboy, a schoolgirl, a nun, and many others. Few would consider themselves writers. Yet all took the time to commit words to paper, providing us today with a unique sense of their lives and times. Letters and diaries are among the most intimate of literary expressions. Seldom written for an intended audience of more than one (if that), they provide a private forum for feelings, concerns, and interests. Yet letters and diaries also benefit a wider audience. They afford us a special knowledge of the past, for they are commonly filled with the concrete details of everyday life, details which biography and history tend to disregard. A summer holiday, fur trapping, a sea voyage, courtship and war, travel and homesteading, the Depression, the Japanese internment, hope despair, and joy--the writings collected in Talking on Paper bring an impressive immediacy to these experiences. In gathering material for this book, the editors traveled thousands of miles and researched thousands of documents. Selections span a period of a century and a half and reflect the wide cultural and ethnic diversity of Oregon. From the lyric-laced diaries of Greek emigrant and itinerant railroad worker Haralambos Kambouris to the poignant letter by 10-year-old Julia Wilson of Mitchell describing the loss of her family in a flash flood, these private expressions of literacy and imagination reveal an intimate aspect of Oregon literature -- Publisher's website
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-319) and index
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Applegate, S., & O'Donnell, T. (1994). Talking on paper: an anthology of Oregon letters and diaries . Oregon State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Applegate, Shannon and Terence O'Donnell. 1994. Talking On Paper: An Anthology of Oregon Letters and Diaries. Oregon State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Applegate, Shannon and Terence O'Donnell. Talking On Paper: An Anthology of Oregon Letters and Diaries Oregon State University Press, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Applegate, Shannon, and Terence O'Donnell. Talking On Paper: An Anthology of Oregon Letters and Diaries Oregon State University Press, 1994.
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