Laurie Winn Carlson





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Articles

Read Laurie's article about the Grange efforts to adopt alcohol fuel in 1909, in October, 2008 Washington State Grange News




Selected Works

Thomas Edison for Kids
A biography with activities and experiments for young readers. Chicago Review Press, 2006.
History
On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission
The lives of the first six white women--missionaries--to cross the Rocky Mountains in the 1830s.
Seduced by the West:
Jefferson’s America and the Lure of the Land Beyond the Mississippi

A provocative look at the nation and personalities surrounding the Lewis and Clark era.
History/Science
A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
“innovative... impressive... persuasive”
--Publishers Weekly
Cattle: An Informal Social History
The curious and wonderful story of the animal that changed human history.
University of Missouri Press, June 2005.