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Old Portland
The journal of Elizabeth (Pearce) White (1782-1872) of the Isle of Portland, Dorsetshire. She married William White in 1809, and the journal ceased at that time. The story was then " ... taken up by her granddaughter, Clara Jane White (or Mrs. King Warry, as she later became). She completes for us the picture of Portland in the nine- teenth century, by bringing the story down to her own childhood--more than half a century later than the eighteenth century childhood shown at the beginning of the book." (p. 54). These autobiographical journals thus describe much of the history and the social life of the Isle of Portland between 1793 and about 1930.
The Portland Book of Dates
This highly visual book marries style and substance to give Portland and the people who love her the guidebook they deserve: a curated and creative collection of more than 130 outings in and around Portland to inspire romance and adventure. Secret spots, beloved locales, and unexpected destinations offer endless options for date night or a weekend getaway. Finally, a stylish, cheeky, curated guidebook of cool places for Portlanders (and visitors) to go on dates/outings/field trips/adventures. These range from one-hour coffee and ice cream dates in Portland's neighborhoods to multiday expeditions to Hood River and Mount St. Helens. The authors have a bead on the obscure and fascinating, and t...
Portland Poetry
The poetry in this book covers the beautiful county of Dorset, Thomas Hardy country, there are many poems about Portland, an Island that reaches out into the English Channel, this island is where most of the stone that Sir Christopher Wren used to build the most prominent buildings in London, Portland Stone. You will read poetry of the sea, poetry from before the mast, sailing ships, poetry about the massive tankers carrying crude oil, storms and hurricanes that seamen took for granted, poetry of nature with a twist. You will read classic poetry, poetry that will make you laugh, and poetry you have never read before in this unusual book written by a retired merchant seaman. You will read stories of ships that have sunk, ghost ships, stories about the seven seas, the poet takes you through real events to the supernatural, and then takes you through a tour of the unusual Island of Portland. Portland was an island, folklore then tells of a massive storm, when the storm subsided it left banks of shingle, now called Chesil Beach that now connects the island to the mainland of Dorset. The poet has written of this event and also tells the reader of the wonders of this amazing Island.
Portland in the Past
Excerpt from Portland in the Past: With Historical Notes of Old Falmouth The king judges well of the undertaking in New England, and more particularly of a design of Christopher Levett, one of the council for settling that plantation, to build a city and call it York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Fugitives and Refugees
Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk's tonsils currently reside? Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets? What goes on at the Scum Center? How do you get to the Apocalypse Cafe? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love, Portland is the home of America's "fugitives and refugees." Get to know these folks, the "most cracked of the crackpots," as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you ...
Portland
Portland is located in athe big benda of the Connecticut River near the center of the state, where natural resources provided a prosperous livelihood for generations of residents. First settled as part of Middletown, the area was incorporated as Portland in 1841. The town is known for its brownstone quarries, the Gildersleeve shipyard, and shade-grown tobacco. Meshomasic, the first state forest in New England, is located here. In Portland, historic photographs drawn from the archives of the Portland Historical Society and from private collections take the reader on a journey through the rich history of this quiet small town, now known for its golf courses and marinas.
The Zinester's Guide to Portland
Get to know the city without spending loads of cash! The Zinester's Guide breaks down Portland by neighbourhood, with descriptions of good restaurants, thrift stores, bars, bridges, places to loiter, etc. (lots of etc.). This newly overhauled and illustrated sixth edition gets shoulder-deep into the history and local lore of Portland, providing a well-rounded argument as to why (fill in the blank) deserves your time. It also demystifies the public transportation system, bike events and culture, outdoorsy stuff and the public libraries.
The Zinester's Guide to Portland
Billed as a "low/no budget guide to visiting and living in Portland, Oregon," the Zinester's Guide to Portland breaks down the PDX grid by neighborhood with descriptions of good restaurants, thrift stores, bars, bridges, places to loiter, etc. (lots of etc.). The newly overhauled and illustrated fifth edition gets shoulder-deep into the history and local lore, providing a well-rounded argument as to why (fill in the blank) deserves your time. It also demystifies the TriMet public transportation system, bike events and culture, outdoorsy stuff, the public libraries--basically anything you need to know as the new kid in town. To the wrong eyes the book's title might imply a guide to Portland zine culture, but as editor Shawn Granton says in the introduction, the Zinester's Guide is not just for zinesters, that "It's always been about sharing the interesting and unique things that make Stumptown great, and also helping people get by that aren't swimming in scads of money." For those of us that can't so much as dogpaddle most days, this is "community" at its mightiest.
Wicked Portland
Tucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken brawling. In its early days, Portland was a "combination rough-and-ready logging camp and gritty, hard-punching deep-water port town," and as a young city (established in the late 1840s) it developed an international reputation for lawlessness and violence. In the early 1900s, the British and French governments filed formal complaints about Portland to the US state department, and Congressional testimony from the time cites Portland as the worst place in the world for crimping. Today, tours of the alleged Shanghai Tunnels offer Portland visitors a taste of that seedy past.
