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- ↑ "The Salmon King of Oregon | Gordon B. Dodds". University of North Carolina Press.
- ↑ Jackson, W. Turrentine (1961). "Reviewed work: Our National Park Policy: A Critical History, John Ise". Pacific Historical Review. 30 (4): 415–418. doi:10.2307/3636435. JSTOR 3636435 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Dodds, Gordon B. (September 17, 1963). The Salmon King of Oregon: R. D. Hume and the Pacific Fisheries. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807808719 – via Google Books.
