United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
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Tanum: A Story of Bumping Lake and the William O. Douglas Wilderness
$36.99 Add to cartThe riotous abundance of an ancient forest can hide many secrets. In the remote Bumping River Valley, a surprisingly rich past is quietly disappearing as the artifacts marking bygone lives and labors
- Author: Summit Cyr, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 426
- Publish Date: February 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0578985306
- Language: English
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Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon
$25.00 Add to cartLike Plato’s fictional island kingdom, most of Bayocean sank below the sea long ago. The rest lies buried beneath the shore pine, salal, and beach grass covering the four-mile-long spit that protects
- Author: Sutherland, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: February 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987346303
- Language: English
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The Last True Clipper: Western Shore – the Oregon Clipper
$15.00 Add to cartThe last United States-built clipper ship was constructed in 1874 in the small shipbuilding town of North Bend Oregon. Hailed for its record-breaking speed from Astoria to Liverpool, its journeys ende
- Author: Wagner, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 58
- Publish Date: September 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79833E+12
- Language: English
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Pacific Northwest Legends & Lore
$24.99 Add to cartWith its sweeping vistas and rugged beauty, the Pacific Northwest is a natural setting for the extraordinary.
Strange tales of paranormal phenomena and other wild stories thrive among the tree
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Kitmacher, Ira Wesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 146715783X
- Language: English
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Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific
$21.99 Add to cartDespite its idyllic setting, the coast of the Pacific Northwest has another, darker name by which it is known: the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships and countless lives have been lost to th… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Kitmacher, Ira Wesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149500
- Language: English
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Hardship to Homeland: Pacific Northwest Volga Germans (Revised, Expanded)
$24.95 Read moreHardship to Homeland recounts Volga Germans’ unique story in a saga that stretches from Germany to Russia and across the Atlantic. Burdened by war and debt, life was extremely difficult for impoverish
- Author: Scheuerman, Richard D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0874223628
- Language: English
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Seattle Mystic Alfred M. Hubbard: Inventor, Bootlegger and Psychedelic Pioneer
$21.99 Read moreSeattle has a long tradition of being at the forefront of technological innovation. In 1919, an eager young inventor named Alfred M. Hubbard made his first newspaper appearance with the announcement o… [more below]
- Author: Holden, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1467148067
- Language: English
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Lost Roadhouses of Seattle
$23.99 Read moreProhibition came early to Washington State–in 1916–and kicked off an unforgettable era of nightlife.
Prohibition went national in 1920 and a network of roadside inns, taverns and dancehalls just outs
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Blecha, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150738
- Language: English
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Lost Oregon Treasure
$24.99 Read moreTales of Oregon’s lost wealth isn’t all gold mines and prospectors, it’s also stories of crime, greed; and occasionally murder. From the Lost Blue Bucket Mine to a hidden cave in the Owyhee Breaks, ru… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Redman, Arthur H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155519
- Language: English
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Portland Food Cart Stories:: Behind the Scenes with the City’s Culinary Entrepreneurs
$23.99 Read moreFor a fresh take on a variety of cuisines, reservations won’t be necessary. Just step up to a Portland food cart instead. Tour the city’s finest carts with author Steven Shomler and meet the innovativ… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Shomler, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1626193738
- Language: English
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Portland Beer Stories:: Behind the Scenes with the City’s Craft Brewers
$21.99 Read morePortlanders have got it made. Not only is the city filled with nearly countless breweries, brewpubs, bottle shops and homebrew supply venues, but also the people who created the community are nothing … [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Shomler, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1626198993
- Language: English
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Oregon Running Legend Steve Prefontaine
$23.99 Read moreIn the Footsteps of Oregon’s beloved U.S. Olympic Athlete, Activist, and Icon
Born in the small town of Coos Bay, Oregon, Steve “Pre’? Prefontaine’s meteoric rise to cross-country and track superstardo
- Series: Sports
- Author: Clerici, Paul C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151734
- Language: English
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The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site
$24.99 Add to cartThe Manhattan Project at Hanford Site describes the top-secret effort undertaken during World War II to develop a weapon never imagined at “Site W” or “Hanford Engineer Works,” one of three sites sele… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Toomey, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1467134449
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon
$23.99 Read moreA full menu of unforgettable events and historical milestones.
Delve into the Rose City’s colorful and sometimes tumultuous past through the memories, meals and recipes that put these bygone restaurant
- Series: Lost
- Author: Kennedy, Theresa Griffin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1467143308
- Language: English
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Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City
$29.95 Read moreFrom the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle’s urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive
- Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography
- Author: Asaka, Megan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0295750677
- Language: English
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Newberg
$24.99 Read moreNewberg has experienced significant growth in the last century, with a notable uptick in the 1990s. This growth can largely be attributed to increased employment and education opportunities. George Fo… [more below]
- Series: Past and Present
- Author: Mansfield, Britta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160679
- Language: English
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Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier
$19.95 Read moreAt the remarkable age of 65, Nimrod O’Kelly–loner, former blacksmith–made the arduous trek from Missouri on the Oregon Trail in 1845 and became one of the first to stake a claim in the lush Willamet
- Author: Lansing, Ronald B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 087422280X
- Language: English
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The River That Made Seattle: A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish
$19.95 Add to cartWith bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth and his allies fished and lived in
- Author: Cummings, Bj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0295750987
- Language: English
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Washington’s Fisher Scones: An Iconic Northwest Treat Since 1911
$23.99 Read moreA Delicious Pacific Northwest Legacy.
Fisher Scones, a Pacific Northwest tradition, were introduced at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. This sweet treat, slathered with butter and… [more below]- Series: American Palate
- Author: Erickson, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 146715301X
- Language: English
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The Rise of Washington State University Football: The Erickson & Price Years
$24.99 Read moreThe rise of the crimson and gray.
In 1987, Dennis Erickson arrived in Pullman, Washington to take over the struggling Washington State University football program. Under his leadership, the Cougars e… [more below]- Series: Sports
- Author: Donahue, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152919
- Language: English
