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A fresh take on an old crime: A review of The Case of D.B. Cooper's Parachute http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/a-fresh-take-on-an-old-crime-a-review-of-the-case-of-d-b-coopers-parachute Novelist William L. Sullivan re-opens the case of Dan Cooper, the parachuting plane hijackerNo publisherMelissa Hartplane hijackingThe Case of D.B. Cooper's ParachuteDan CooperWilliam L. SullivanOregon2013-04-11T20:54:04ZNews ArticleA tribute to solitude and community: A review of Tributary http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.17/a-tribute-to-solitude-and-community-a-review-of-tributary Colorado resident Barbara K. Richardson crafts a novel about a pioneer girl finding her own salvation in Mormon Utah.No publisherMelissa HartBarbara K. RichardsonTributary2012-10-11T22:32:01ZNews ArticleGenerosity of voice and heart: A review of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/generosity-of-voice-and-heart-a-review-of-wild-from-lost-to-found-on-the-pacific-crest-trail Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild describes her arduous trek along the Pacific Crest Trail as she seeks to recover from life-changing grief. No publisherMelissa HartautobiographybackpackinghikingCheryl StrayedWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trailnonfictionmemoir2012-04-11T14:30:10ZNews ArticleMeditations on craft: A review of What I Learned at Bug Camp http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/meditations-on-craft-a-review-of-what-i-learned-at-bug-camp Sarah Juniper Rabkin's new essay collection is the intriguing, wide-ranging What I Learned at Bug Camp: Essays on Finding a Home in the World.No publisherMelissa Hartessay collectionsinsectsentomologyWhat I Learned at Bug Campwriting teachersnatural historyessaysSarah Juniper Rabkinnonfiction2011-11-10T21:11:14ZNews ArticlePrincess for a Day http://www.hcn.org/wotr/princess-for-a-day An Oregon nonprofit allows young girls from troubled homes to become a Princess for a Day.
No publisherMelissa HartWestern familiesOregon Princess for a Daycommunity nonprofitstroubled youthA Family For Every Child2011-06-14T16:22:51ZNews ArticleOf rivers, boats and baseball umpires http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/of-rivers-boats-and-baseball-umpires The essays in Robin Cody's Another Way the River Has range all over the map but somehow lead back to the river.No publisherMelissa HartRobin CodykayakingAnother Way the River Hasriversnonfictionboatsessays2010-08-02T14:51:19ZNews ArticleThe kindness of hunters http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/the-kindness-of-hunters After a lifetime of despising and fearing guns, a woman is blindsided by the everyday kindness shown by two hunters. No publisherMelissa HarthuntersprejudiceMelissa Harthikingguns2010-02-05T08:55:31ZNews ArticleConfronting life's essentials http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.16/confronting-lifes-essentials Two recent memoirs -- Siesta Lane by Amy Minato and Lift by Rebecca K. O'Connor -- raise questions about the meaning of home, for both humans and falcons.No publisherMelissa HartAmy MinatofalconsRebecca K. O’ConnorcommunitySiesta LaneLiftnonfictionmemoirs2010-02-05T08:59:01ZNews ArticleThe bizarre intersection of humanity and nature http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.9/the-bizarre-intersection-of-humanity-and-nature The short stories in Laura Chester’s Rancho Weirdo revolve around the unexpected interactions of middle-class people with nature. No publisherMelissa Hartbook reviewsRancho Weirdoshort storiesLaura Chesterfiction2010-02-05T09:19:49ZNews ArticleThe vitality of language http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.7/the-vitality-of-language A mother introduces her newly adopted child to the birds at a raptor rehabilitation center and teaches her their names.No publisherMelissa Hart 2010-02-05T08:55:19ZNews ArticleOf flotsam and jetsam http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.4/of-flotsam-and-jetsam In Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Island Debris, naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the origins of the strange things she finds on the Oregon seashore.No publisherMelissa Hart TrashBonnie HendersonGarbageSeashoresStrand: An Odyssey of Pacific Island DebrisOcean ecologyBeachcombing2010-02-05T08:43:46ZNews ArticleJohn Daniel: A good animal, too http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/john-daniel-a-good-animal-too The unlikely path to becoming an environmental writer, memoirist and poet.No publisherMelissa HartPoetsWinter CreekMemoirsRogue River JournalNature writingNorthwestern logging townsWritersThe Far CornerJohn DanielEnvironmental movement2010-02-05T08:57:31ZNews ArticleLet it mellow http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.20/let-it-mellow Melissa Hart remembers her eccentric, independent great-grandmother, who taught her about reuse and recycling long before it was fashionable.No publisherMelissa HartFamiliesReuseGreat-grandmothersRecyclingGreen lifestyleSustainable living2010-02-05T09:18:07ZNews ArticleThe owl and I http://www.hcn.org/issues/351/17156 Melissa Hart’s relationship with an owl transforms
her lifeNo publisherMelissa HartowlsCascades RaptorMelissa HartCenterbirds2010-12-14T23:05:47ZNews Article