Ebook {Epub PDF} Trask by Don Berry

Trask by Don Berry has become a classic. His storytelling ability based on his research makes for a very enjoyable read. The reader is not bogged down by endless references and /5(59). Set along the northern Oregon coast range in the late s, Don Berry’s landmark novel, Trask, was inspired by the life of settler, mountain man, and fur trapper Elbridge Trask (for whom both a river and a mountain are named here in the Beaver State). Compelling and adventurous, the story follows the titular character as he tries to become the first white man to settle in Tillamook Bay/5(4). Quotes by Don Berry “If he could just get rid of the harsh irritation of his conscious thinking, then he would be all right; then he would be at peace” ― Don Berry, Trask/5.

Mabel Alvarez () Self-Portrait of the Artist Mabel Alvarez () was a Spanish-American artist oil painter. She was born to a prominent Spanish family on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Trask's obligation to prove himself a man, his encounters with continual peril, and his profound impulse to explore and expand are treated with simplicity, against a background of pictorial majesty. Adventure enthusiasts will greet the author as a significant and welcome newcomer. Pub Date: Feb. 26th, ISBN: Publisher: Viking. Berry, D: Moontrap. IN his first novel, "Trask," Don Berry showed an unusu al understanding of the old-time mountain men and Indians and the basic drama of change in the Pacific Northwest.

Set along the northern Oregon coast range in the late s, Don Berry’s landmark novel, Trask, was inspired by the life of settler, mountain man, and fur trapper Elbridge Trask (for whom both a river and a mountain are named here in the Beaver State). Compelling and adventurous, the story follows the titular character as he tries to become the first white man to settle in Tillamook Bay. Set in on the wild edge of the continent, in the rain forests and rugged headlands of the Oregon coast Trask follows a mountain man's quest for new opportunities and new land to settle. The OSU Press is proud to reissue Berry's celebrated first book, considered one of the finest historical novels of the American West. published in when don berry was 27, trask is often mentioned in the same breath as ken kesey's sometimes a great notion as the finest oregon novel ever written. set along the northern oregon coast range in the late 's, trask was inspired by the life of settler, mountain man fur trapper elbridge trask (for whom both a river and a mountain are named here in the beaver state). compelling and adventurous, the story follows the title character as he tries to become the first white man to s.