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The Tlingit in Sitka
The Photography of Elbridge W. Merrill
A rare window into the changing lives of Native Alaskans between the late 1800s and 1920s
Lured north by the Klondike gold rush, Elbridge W. Merrill settled in Sitka, Alaska, and took up a career as a...
ISBN: 9780295753478
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Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe
A Memoir
A compelling on-the-ground accountof Native activism in the Northwest
A relentless advocate for Native rights, Ramona Bennett Bill has been involved in the battles waged by the Puyallup and other Northwest tribes around fishing rights,...
ISBN: 9780295753508
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Alaska Native Resilience
Voices from World War II
Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation
The US government justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense against Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian Islands, but it equally served to...
ISBN: 9780295752525
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Rising Tides and Tailwinds
The Story of the Port of Seattle
A century ago, Seattle was held hostage by its own waterfront. Competing railroad companies built a chaotic sprawl of rail lines, docks, and warehouses along the shoreline of Elliott Bay, creating conditions so bad that...
ISBN: 9781933245713
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Oregon's Others
Gender, Civil Liberties, and the Surveillance State in the Early Twentieth Century
Nativism, pseudoscience, and the campaign against the enemy within
In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy “others,” combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed...
ISBN: 9780295752587
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A Will to Serve
Stories of Patience, Persistence, and Friends Made Along the Way
The autobiography of an indefatigable visionary and citizen activist
Jim Ellis was one of the most influential and impactful civic leaders of Seattle's and Washington's recent history. Though he never sought elected office, his vision and...
ISBN: 9781933245706
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Norman Maclean
A Life of Letters and Rivers
The first biography of one of Montana’s most celebrated writers
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the...
ISBN: 9780295752488
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Tent City, Seattle
Refusing Homelessness and Making a Home
Transforms our understanding of being unhoused in the United States
Tent City 3 provides Seattle’s unhoused people with a place to create and sustain not just shelter but a home. In 2000 it became one of...
ISBN: 9780295752617
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50 Keystone Fauna Species of the Pacific Northwest
A Pocket Guide
A compact, user-friendly guide to ecologically significant animal species of the Northwest Coast
A keystone species is an organism that defines and supports an entire ecosystem, filling a vital ecological niche. Without these species, ecosystems would...
ISBN: 9780295752891
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50 Keystone Flora Species of the Pacific Northwest
A Pocket Guide
A compact, user-friendly guide to ecologically significant plant species of the Nothwest Coast
A keystone species is an organism that defines and supports an entire ecosystem, filling a vital ecological niche. Without these species, ecosystems would...
ISBN: 9780295752884
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Treaty Justice
The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights
In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States...
ISBN: 9780295752723
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Heartbreak City
Seattle Sports and the Unmet Promise of Urban Progress
How the city's marginalized communities have historically used sports as a tool for resilience and resistance
To cities, sports have never been just entertainment. Progressive urbanites across the United States have used athletics to address persistent...
ISBN: 9780295751993
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Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales
Fossils of Washington State
A guide to discovering the fascinating natural history beneath your feet
From trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious bear-like beasts on the...
ISBN: 9780295752327
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Full Light and Perfect Shadow
The Photography of Chao-Chen Yang
Celebrates the work of an influential Asian American photographer
This is the first study of the work of Chao-Chen Yang (1909–1969), an important Seattle photographer who gained national prominence in the mid-twentieth century.
Born in Hangzhou,...
ISBN: 9780998911250
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Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka
The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska
A unique collaboration celebrating the importance of parkas in Yup'ik material culture
Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur or...
ISBN: 9780295751740
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Biking Uphill in the Rain
The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars
The rise of an improbable bike culture in the Emerald City
Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the United States by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become so...
ISBN: 9780295751580
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Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast
The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia
A new edition of the best-selling field guide to plants and fungi that grow wild throughout the region
The coastal Pacific Northwest of North America is home to a multitude of edible and medicinal plant species,...
ISBN: 9780295751849
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The Boathouse
The Artist's Studio of Dale Chihuly
A behind-the-scenes look at the studio of artist Dale Chihuly
This book features an exclusive glimpse into The Boathouse, the private working studio of artist Dale Chihuly, and into the history of its location on the...
ISBN: 9781576841198
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Heaven on the Half Shell
The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest
How oysters shaped the environment, cultures, and economies of the Northwest
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest’s beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest...
ISBN: 9780295750781
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Jesintel
Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders
A gathering of stories for all generations, past, present, and future
Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel—"to learn and grow together"—characterizes the...
ISBN: 9780295748641
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