With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic "Skid Road", Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of southern Puget Sound, where major events of Washington's history took place, and of Tacoma, the area's principal city. Drawing upon the original journals and reports, Morgan tells his story largely in terms of individuals, interweaving ...
Manufacturer: University of Washington PressWritten By: Murray Morgan
When Eric A. Hegg rushed north to Alaska in 1897 he was a journeyman photographer, largely self-trained. He forced a sled load of photographic equipment across the coastal mountains in the dead of winter. He hiked out to the claims on Bonanza and Eldorado, and he poked his camera into the banks and bars and bordellos in Dawson. He rode a paddle-wheel steamer down the Yukon to the Bering and was on ...
Manufacturer: University of Washington PressWritten By: Murray Cromwell Morgan
Soul of the City is an updated edition of The Pike Place Market: People, Politics, and Produce, originally published in 1982. Its publication marks the centennial anniversary of Seattle's favorite institution, the Pike Place Market. A space that annually draws more people than any of the city's major sporting and cultural events, Pike Place has a reputation among American markets that is ...
Manufacturer: University of Washington PressWritten By: Alice Shorett, Murray Morgan