Multnomah: A Legend of the Columbia 1923 by Harry L. Wells ~ Oregon ~ Columbia Gorge ~ Multnomah Falls Indian Legend ~ Poetry

Title: Multnomah: A Legend of the Columbia

Author: Harry L. Wells

Description: Card covers covered in brown suede leather; debossed title on front cover. Light curl to front cover. Short gift inscription from 1929 on half-title page. Corner-tip stained on last several pages, else interior is clean. Twenty plates with illustrations from photographs of various water falls and other scenes in the Columbia Gorge. 89 pages. 6 x 4.25 inches.

Poem of Multnomah Falls and the Indian legends surrounding it. Supplemented with forty-nine annotations by the author explaining the local history and cultural references.

The author, Harry Laurens Wells (1854-1940), was a historian and longtime newspaper man. He was born in Geneva, Illinois, and moved to California in 1878. He wrote several local histories and also assisted George Himes in his work on Oregon history. Between 1883 and 1891 Wells served as the editor of West Shore magazine and then moved to Oregon where he worked with Harvey Scott at the Oregonian prior to moving back to California in 1900. He went on to serve as the editor of several newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury, the St. Louis Evening Star and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, before retiring to Southern California.

Binding: Limp Suede Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Publisher: [Printed by Kilham's]
Place: [Portland, Oregon]
Year: 1923

Keywords: Columbia Gorge, Oregon, Washington, Columbia River, Multnomah Falls, poetry,