Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
Gilmanton, New Hampshire, population 3,000, is where novelist Grace Metalious wrote Peyton Place—and also where I spent every summer of my childhood. Local rumor holds that, in fact, Grace did not write the book.
Salon
Edited by Laura Miller. Photo by Larry Smith.
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Long the debate has raged: Did Frederick indeed summit Mount McKinley in 1906? Edited by Alison Osius.
Climbing
Edited by Alison Osius.
Republished in 20 Years of Climbing Magazine.
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Pray Here Ministries’ Rick Schneberger offers absolution in a gravel parking lot on the strip mall fringes of Portland.
DoubleTake
Edited by Rob Odom. Illustration by Charles Anderson.
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My great-great-uncle, Tim Donahue, played catcher for the major league Chicago Colts in the 1890s. When he came to bat once in 1899, according to the Chicago Tribune, “It appeared as though the select party on top of a neighboring building would jump off in excess of delight.” Edited by Bob Hicks.
The Oregonian
Edited by Bob Hicks.
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In 1974, in the waning days of the Nixon administration, I attempted to become the pogo stick jumping champion of the world.
Northwest Magazine
Edited by Barry Johnson.
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