Robert E Ficken
Biographic Data
| ID | 1057664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert E Ficken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ficken |
| SIGNATURE | FICKEN R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seattle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Washington State
Forest of Time
Journal Article Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest Get access Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest. By Herring Margaret Greene Sarah. Foreword by William G. Robbins. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2007. ix + 188 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $22.95.) Robert H. Ficken Robert H. Ficken Issaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…
Unsettled Boundaries
Journal Article Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest Get access Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest. By Ficken Robert E.. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2003. 200 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95 paper.) Charlene Porsild Charlene Porsild Montana Historical Society Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Hist…
More Voices, New Stories
Journal Article More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years Get access More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years. Edited by Wright Mary C., with an introduction by Charles P. LeWarne. (Seattle: Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, 2002. 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $17.95, paper.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Isaaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Turning Trees into Dollars
Journal Article Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858–1913 Get access Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858–1913. By Hak Gordon. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. 239 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $65, £42 cloth; $22.95, £15, paper.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Issaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
The Fraser River Humbug
The Fraser River gold rush of 1858 was widely dismissed by contemporaries as a “humbug,” an over-promoted failure of limited, albeit dramatic, duration. Modern historians have endorsed this point of view. The Fraser River rush was, however, actually a success, leading to sustained mining development and the founding of British Columbia. In the process, Americans coped badly with unfamiliar environmental conditions and differing concepts of law an…
Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington
Journal Article Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington. By Robert E. Ficken, The Organic Machine. By Richard White and Saving the Salmon: A History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Efforts to Protect Anadromous Fish on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. By Lisa Mighetto and Wesley J. Ebel Get access William G. Robbins William G. Robbins Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Search for other works by this author …
Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington
The Forested Land
Journal Article The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington Get access The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington. By Ficken Robert E.. (Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc./Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. xv + 324 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.) Thomas G. Alexander Thomas G. Alexander Brigham Young University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
The Forested Land
Journal Article The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington. By Robert E. Ficken. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. xviii + 324 pp. $25.00.) Get access Graeme Wynn Graeme Wynn University of British Columbia, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Page 946, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901621 Published: 01 December…
Phil Weyerhaeuser
Journal Article Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. xvii + 401 pp. $25.00.) Get access Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 796–797, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903077 Published: 01 December 1986
Sawdust Empire
Journal Article Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830–1940 Get access Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830–1940. By Maxwell Robert S. Baker Robert D.. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. xv + 228 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
The Flames of History
The wobbly horrors
John Muir and His Legacy
Journal Article John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement Get access John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement. By Fox Stephen. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. xii + 436 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $17.50.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 4, October 1983,…
Gifford Pinchot Men
Journal Article Gifford Pinchot Men: Pacific Northwest Lumbermen and the Conservation Movement, 1902–1910 Get access Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken teaches American history courses in the continuing education division University of Washington, Seattle, and is a former research associate with the Forest History Society, where this article was prepared Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Qu…
Lumber and Politics
Journal Article Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed. By Robert E. Ficken. (Santa Cruz: Forest History Society/University of Washington Press, 1979. xi + 264 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $14.95.) Get access Thomas R. Cox Thomas R. Cox San Diego State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 4, March 1981, Pages 956–957, h…
Lumber and Politics
Journal Article Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed Get access Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed. By Ficken Robert E.. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979. xi + 264 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $14.95.) Frederick J. Yonce Frederick J. Yonce Denver Public Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 1, Janu…
The wobbly horrors
The Fraser River Humbug
The Fraser River gold rush of 1858 was widely dismissed by contemporaries as a “humbug,” an over-promoted failure of limited, albeit dramatic, duration. Modern historians have endorsed this point of view. The Fraser River rush was, however, actually a success, leading to sustained mining development and the founding of British Columbia. In the process, Americans coped badly with unfamiliar environmental conditions and differing concepts of law an…
Gifford Pinchot Men
Journal Article Gifford Pinchot Men: Pacific Northwest Lumbermen and the Conservation Movement, 1902–1910 Get access Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken teaches American history courses in the continuing education division University of Washington, Seattle, and is a former research associate with the Forest History Society, where this article was prepared Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Qu…
Lumber and Politics
Journal Article Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed. By Robert E. Ficken. (Santa Cruz: Forest History Society/University of Washington Press, 1979. xi + 264 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $14.95.) Get access Thomas R. Cox Thomas R. Cox San Diego State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 4, March 1981, Pages 956–957, h…
Lumber and Politics
Journal Article Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed Get access Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed. By Ficken Robert E.. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979. xi + 264 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $14.95.) Frederick J. Yonce Frederick J. Yonce Denver Public Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 1, Janu…
Gifford Pinchot Men
Journal Article Gifford Pinchot Men: Pacific Northwest Lumbermen and the Conservation Movement, 1902–1910 Get access Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken teaches American history courses in the continuing education division University of Washington, Seattle, and is a former research associate with the Forest History Society, where this article was prepared Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Qu…
The Flames of History
The wobbly horrors
John Muir and His Legacy
Journal Article John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement Get access John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement. By Fox Stephen. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. xii + 436 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $17.50.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 4, October 1983,…
Sawdust Empire
Journal Article Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830–1940 Get access Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830–1940. By Maxwell Robert S. Baker Robert D.. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983. xv + 228 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
Phil Weyerhaeuser
Journal Article Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. xvii + 401 pp. $25.00.) Get access Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 796–797, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903077 Published: 01 December 1986
The Forested Land
Journal Article The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington. By Robert E. Ficken. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. xviii + 324 pp. $25.00.) Get access Graeme Wynn Graeme Wynn University of British Columbia, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Page 946, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901621 Published: 01 December…
The Forested Land
Journal Article The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington Get access The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington. By Ficken Robert E.. (Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc./Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. xv + 324 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.) Thomas G. Alexander Thomas G. Alexander Brigham Young University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington
Journal Article Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington. By Robert E. Ficken, The Organic Machine. By Richard White and Saving the Salmon: A History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Efforts to Protect Anadromous Fish on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. By Lisa Mighetto and Wesley J. Ebel Get access William G. Robbins William G. Robbins Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Search for other works by this author …
Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington
Turning Trees into Dollars
Journal Article Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858–1913 Get access Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858–1913. By Hak Gordon. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. 239 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $65, £42 cloth; $22.95, £15, paper.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Issaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
The Fraser River Humbug
The Fraser River gold rush of 1858 was widely dismissed by contemporaries as a “humbug,” an over-promoted failure of limited, albeit dramatic, duration. Modern historians have endorsed this point of view. The Fraser River rush was, however, actually a success, leading to sustained mining development and the founding of British Columbia. In the process, Americans coped badly with unfamiliar environmental conditions and differing concepts of law an…
More Voices, New Stories
Journal Article More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years Get access More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years. Edited by Wright Mary C., with an introduction by Charles P. LeWarne. (Seattle: Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, 2002. 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $17.95, paper.) Robert E. Ficken Robert E. Ficken Isaaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Unsettled Boundaries
Journal Article Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest Get access Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest. By Ficken Robert E.. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2003. 200 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95 paper.) Charlene Porsild Charlene Porsild Montana Historical Society Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Hist…
Washington State
Forest of Time
Journal Article Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest Get access Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest. By Herring Margaret Greene Sarah. Foreword by William G. Robbins. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2007. ix + 188 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $22.95.) Robert H. Ficken Robert H. Ficken Issaquah, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…
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