Crater Lake National Park: A History.(Book Review)

Oregon Historical Quarterly | December 22, 2002| | Copyright

Crater Lake National Park: A History By Rick Harmon

Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2002. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. $19.95 paper.

This book ends the long need for a comprehensive history of Crater Lake that will satisfy readers ranging from tourists to scholars. Rick Harmon, for many years the capable editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, has written a readable, analytical account based on thorough research.

The book briefly summarizes forty million years of Crater Lake's history but stresses human history ...

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