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COLUMBIA'S RIVER The Voyages of Robert Gray , 1787~ 1793 By J. Richard Nokes "An enthralling story of maritime voyages"-The Boston Globe
The exciting tale of the first American voyages to the Pacific Northwest, the Hawaiian Islands, Japan , around the globe, and back to Boston ... explorations of rock-clad , mist-enshrouded coasts . . . conflict and trade with Indian peoples .. . and the entrance of Captain Gray of the Columbia into the mighty river he named after his ship and claimed for America 200 years ago. SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION $39.95, SOFTBOUND $24.95. TO ORDER. CALL WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 206-593-2830 (TUE -FRI. . 10-4 PST).
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tions and may have to pay a future price. Ports begin to close; coal, the raiders ' life blood , becomes more difficult to obtain, and the demise begins. While Heam frequently assumes too much knowledge on the part of hi s readers, he fails to make some obvious connections, i .e,, the long naval traditions of the Barron and Sinclair families of Virginia. But these are minor criticisms. Throughout this hi story, Heam ski llfully relocates the readers perspective from the omniscient observer, to the view from the captain 's cabin, to the decks of the merchantmen the Confederates preyed upon. Gray Raiders of the Sea is, above all , a story of the meteoric rise and slow decline of the Confederate high seas navy. Hearn 's book joi ns other recent scho larship on blockade runners, and biographic studies of Stephen Mallory, the Confederate Navy Secretary, in bringing the naval hi story of the Confederate States of America into modem perspective. DR. W.M.P. D UNNE Long Island University Southampton NY Columbia's River; the Voyages of Robert Gray, 1787-1793, by l Richard Nokes (Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma WA 1991 , 352pp, illus, appendices, biblio, index ; $24.95pb) On September 30, 1787, Captains Robert Gray and John Kendrick and their ships the Lady Wa shington and Columbia Rediviva departed Boston Harbor bound for an historic rendezvous off the NorthwestPacificcoastof America. The American fur traders found themselves in the midst of a turf fight that would push Spain and Britain to the brink of war. However, Captain Robert Gray's subsequent discovery of the River of the West, which he named after the Columbia Redi viva, would later provide a basis for theU nited States's claim to the same territory. J. Richard Nokes, retired editor of The Oregonian, has done an impressive job of marshalling primary sources for this absorbing study. Using ships' logs, diaries , documents and letters, Nokes di I igently follows the progress of Gray ' s voyages and outlines their contribution to American history. In addition to providing an international context for the voyages and a view of the earliest encounte.rs between Europeans and Native Indiarns in the Northwest, Nokes also tells a Hively story of sea voyaging, trade and exjploration, parts of which are exSEA HISTORY 61, SPRING 1992