Skid Road by Murray Morgan
Informal and picturesque, Skid Road is the story of Seattle during its first hundred years, seen through the lives of the vigorous personalities of its settlers and early citizens. This handsomely illustrated revised edition brings Seattle’s history up-to-date and provides a vivid portrayal of its past: pioneering, Indian warfare, lumber, railroads, the great fire of 1889, the Alaska gold rush, the amusement business, newspapers, the general strike of 1919, and the tumultuous politics of city and state that have made history in the Northwest.No one who has ever writte Pacific Northwest history can match Murray Morgan's craftmanship, the signal virtues of which are pace, precision, humor, and a keen eye for the characterizing detail
-- Norman Clark * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *Mr. Morgan's book is the sort of corrective history that all communities should welcome.
-- Stewart Holbrook * New York Herald Tribune *You can probably find this book lying around the house of anyone who's been in Seattle long enough to get even a little bit interested in the city's past. . . . [Morgan is] Exactly the kind of guy you'd probably enjoy having show you around town.
-- Eli Sanders * Stranger, The *Murray Morgan (1916-2000), a journalist and historian, was the author of more than twenty books, including Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle and The Last Wilderness, a history of the Olympic Peninsula. He worked for Time magazine, the New York Herald Tribune, and CBS News and hosted the early morning radio show Our Town, Our World. Michael Sean Sullivan is a public historian, writer, and historic preservationist. He has taught Pacific Northwest history at the University of Washington Tacoma for more than twenty years and, as a graduate student, studied with Murray Morgan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780295958460 |
| ISBN 10 | 0295958464 |
| Title | Skid Road |
| Author | Murray Morgan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press |
| Year published | 1982-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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