Stay updated with breaking news from Hells canyon. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
so i m going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. but i ll start with how i came to this story. and, actually, what s surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. in 1836 when washington irving was commissioned by john jacob astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irving s book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. and those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. i think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or i m sure some of you know a lot more about them. but in the national consciousness, they re largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. so it is a really important story. it s historically significant, and it s a great adventure story. and that s partly what attracted me to it. and it s also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have h ....
his famous father. uninvolved imac and he got tonight first we begin with the right along to her with the local reporter has he highlights the unique locations of the city. [indiscernible] and this is john murray. he took a ride in a local content vehicle. about how they ve changed into the place being seen today. never been here before. and someone like me has never been to denver to give me a gives me a sense of the city. denver is a city that was that in the last 30 years it has been a western city western city on the rise. for the last 30 years or so. let s go to the economic make appear. affordability is a huge issue here in the suburbs. it is just growing it very quickly. what is bringing people here? is a strong economy and the quality of life. sony people here who moved here the last few years and the neighborhood we are to get ready to have into. one of the parts of denver that has changed the most in the last ten or 15 years. and also the riverfront area. ....
and getting help deftly do that if you can. and you have a cross rifles. i went to central back two years ago to the day. i went to the one in arkansas. okay. i forget his name. his like a walk-inwa refrigerator. i never went there. after i got out i went to israel. i wish i did. one of our guys. .. he went there right before the last performance. 2012. he said she said. aaron pierce. they are still teaching there. he is definitely there. i m from texas. he kind of talks like this all the time. it wasn t me, was it?ibes eve no. doesn t really open his mouth. he d always yell at me because every time we would write up a cigarette. his site you ever have a cigarette not in your mouth? do you ever have a tip not in your mouth? publicly say something else. anything else? you have something burning in your eyes. no? anybody? let s get it started, man. i am not big army is not taking anymore. to go to the italian? budget cuts, man. they filled up the 82nd. now t ....
and also we re here with c-span, booktv. and so we have a national audience as well as a oregon audience. so i m going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. but i ll start with how i came to this story. and, actually, what s surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. in 1836 when washington irving was commissioned by john jacob astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irving s book also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. and those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. i think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or i m sure some of you know a lot more about them. but in the national consciousness, they re largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. so it is a really important story. it s historically significant, and it s a great adventure story. and that s p ....
next, astoria by author john jacob. this an is hour and 14 minutes. thank you powell s books and thank you for being here. normally i have a more formal presentation. i have a reading i show at readings. but tonight is a special night so i am going to do something different. and i want to tell stories a little bit more and, of course, i will do some readings. it is special we are at powell s books, we are in oregon, astoria is nearby and we are also here with c-span so we have a national and oregon audience. i will tell stories and you may know some of them and may not some of the others. but i will start with how i came to this story. and actually, what is surprising about it is how this story was very-well known in its day. in 1836, when washington irving was commissioned by john john jacob astor to write these, irving s book also called astoria was a best seller in 1926. they have been forgotten now. i think some of you know about them. but in the national co ....