The Bridge Of The Gods A Romance Of Indian Oregon Frederic Homer Balch 9781278208619 Books
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The Bridge Of The Gods A Romance Of Indian Oregon Frederic Homer Balch 9781278208619 Books
I first found this book in my junior high library and fell in love with it. It captures the imagination, describing the history of the area before white men came. I cried at several points in the story. The influence of the book is found throughout Oregon and Washington with place names. Multnomah Falls after the War Chief, Wallulah Junction after his daughter, Snoqualmie Pass after her fiance. I bought an old edition that had a biography of the author, Frederich Balch, and I was interested to note his access to the purest form of information about the native Americans. He was fascinated by the cultures and sought out the oldest Indians to interview about events before the white men came. Being as he was doing this in the late 19th century, this gave him the best insights into Pacific Northwest history. His love of Native American culture didn't stop him from portraying what we'd see as negatives today, the wars, viciousness prevalent in the cultures, since all cultures have had their particular brand of cruelty and violence. A modern person might associate his portrayal with the Klingon culture of Star Trek, pride in dying well, the warrior chief was the head leader. I would trust his portrayal of the NA history as pretty well balanced, born out of his love and respect for the Indian.I did a class project on this book, with a report and a paper mache' construction of the Columbia River with an island in the middle and the stone bridge that was revered by the Wilamet Indians (Balch's spelling). I got an A. I suggested the same project for my son and he got an A. This book is basically a part of my being, I've read it so many times. If you enjoy learning history via historical fiction and if you like romance and tragedy themes, this is the book for you.
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The Bridge Of The Gods A Romance Of Indian Oregon Frederic Homer Balch 9781278208619 Books Reviews
Classic, still in print for over a century!
Nice read of the romanticized vision of the northwest Indian tribes. Entertaining and informative along with a good love story.
As a sixth generation Oregonian, I bought this book years ago, and threw it away when F. H. Balch depicted Oregonian Native Americans as savage, even more savage than eastern or plains Native Americans. I did, of course, realize that there were background facts for this which were not generally known. For horrible instance, measles decimated (as in 90%) of Willamette Valley Natives in about 5 years starting 1780, followed horribly by another 70% decimation by smallpox in about 1810. Balch for some reason does not mention this while talking of their savage culture. Part of the reason is that the very early pioneers of Oregon were not settlers or farmers, but hunters or trappers, single men without families and without much sense of culture who were only interested in collecting pelts which were so plentiful that they practically were doing the same thing as the Natives for their living. I will not go on further here which I am inclined to do because I am actually trying to paint a picture that has another side. Northwest Native Americans had the advanced practice of banking in successful place. Storytelling was raised to the level of a high art form; the highest in the new world. The arts and crafts of Northwest Natives are legendary and amazing. They were used to illustrate the storytelling and are easily comparable to Japanese "Noh" theater. There was even a professional class that put them on.
The next best thing about this book is that it now has a good biography that makes it much more readable. It is called "White Boulder" self published by Leonard Wiley, the author. (1970) It contains something that I had no idea of'; and that is that Frederick Homer Balch had a revelation at age 17 that changed his life rather thoroughly and that from then on he conceived of a set of books and poems and other projects that would occupy many years of his future. The accomplishment of this task may well have enlightened him to the extent of seeing Native Americans in a different light, indeed as he did for one of his previous books, written it completely in a different vein.
As far as the writing of this book, there is rather too much knowingness about what the character is going to do and believe based on his look or presentation alone. I am one of those people hooked on the legend of the Bridge of the Gods, and will follow up his 19 Century research. In the last 30 years, for example a Native American City of between 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants has been found that slid down the mountain during the now factually known 1700 earthquake and tsunami following. Remember, please, that this is approximately the size of many of the earth's major cities at that time. Quite a feat for savages, wouldn't you think?
This is a modern illustrated version of the book that brings out the allegorical connections between Frederick Homer Balch, who died of galloping consumption at age 29 while enrolled in seminary, with his life unfinished as was the case with so many of 19 Century talents. Up to then he had only been educated at home by his father.
Book was published in1890. The young author grew up in the Pacific North West area the book was set to take place in and was well acquainted with Native Americans. Is written in a style of the era and reflects views prevalent at the time about Native Americans, but if you can get past that then you will find it is somewhat offset by his knowledge of them and their oral history. He goes back 200 years and constructs a romance. By today's standards a bit melodramatic.
It is funny how the literature I grew up on has faded from view. This book used to be in every Oregon school library that I looked through, and I was moved around somewhat more than annually in my elementary school career. I probably read it a dozen times. I always enjoyed it.
The Bridge of the Gods made an attempt, I suppose not entirely successfully, to expose whites to Northwest native American culture. It recognized the lethal effect of diseases on native populations (although it postulates an absurd connection between those plagues and the Far East). It offered sincere respect for the complex and rich societies of the Pacific coast and the Columbia Basin. But it was written in the last third of the 19th century. It has at its core a romantic fable as hard to swallow as something James Fenimore Cooper might have concocted. Nothing of that sort would be printed today, I suppose.
Nonetheless, the language of the book is still literate and the plot flows along smoothly enough to permit disbelief to be suspended. Out of print, but for experiencing local color of the time and place, it is exemplary and Balch's early death may have deprived us of even better work.
I first found this book in my junior high library and fell in love with it. It captures the imagination, describing the history of the area before white men came. I cried at several points in the story. The influence of the book is found throughout Oregon and Washington with place names. Multnomah Falls after the War Chief, Wallulah Junction after his daughter, Snoqualmie Pass after her fiance. I bought an old edition that had a biography of the author, Frederich Balch, and I was interested to note his access to the purest form of information about the native Americans. He was fascinated by the cultures and sought out the oldest Indians to interview about events before the white men came. Being as he was doing this in the late 19th century, this gave him the best insights into Pacific Northwest history. His love of Native American culture didn't stop him from portraying what we'd see as negatives today, the wars, viciousness prevalent in the cultures, since all cultures have had their particular brand of cruelty and violence. A modern person might associate his portrayal with the Klingon culture of Star Trek, pride in dying well, the warrior chief was the head leader. I would trust his portrayal of the NA history as pretty well balanced, born out of his love and respect for the Indian.
I did a class project on this book, with a report and a paper mache' construction of the Columbia River with an island in the middle and the stone bridge that was revered by the Wilamet Indians (Balch's spelling). I got an A. I suggested the same project for my son and he got an A. This book is basically a part of my being, I've read it so many times. If you enjoy learning history via historical fiction and if you like romance and tragedy themes, this is the book for you.
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