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Before Oregon had a constitution or courthouses, it had chaos. Rough Justice uncovers the turbulent birth of law and order of the Northwest frontier, where fur traders, missionaries, Native communities and opportunists wrestled with how to live in a place without laws - and for much of the time without a single jail. Drawing on eyewitness diaries, newspapers and other historic documents, James Long brings to life the makeshift trials, public hangings and moral conflicts that defined early Oregon. Long's vivid storytelling and meticulous research takes us on the circuitous and sometimes humorous path from frontier improvisation to the creation of Oregon State Penitentiary, and reveals how necessity, morality and survival shaped the character of the Pacific Northwest.

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James O. Long is an award-winning investigative reporter and writer. He was a staff writer for 41 years for The Oregonian and Oregon Journal newspapers in Portland, Oregon. His work also has appeared in Newsweek and The Massachusetts Review. He co-authored the book, Killer: A Journal of Murder with Thomas E. Gaddis (Birdman of Alcatraz) that was turned into a movie in 1995 starring James Woods. Dee Lane is the retired politics and ethics editor at The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. Jenny Niemeyer is the editor, publisher and designer at Bottlefly Press. She is a native of Portland, Oregon. Jenny is an artist, historian and former journalist.

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