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Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915

By Charles Pierce LeWarne

Postmaster General James A Farley’s famous toast “to the forty-seven states and the soviet of Washington” introduces and sets the tone for this study of Washington State radicalism. The state’s colorful reputation for radical movements...

The Love Israel Family

Urban Commune, Rural Commune

By Charles Pierce LeWarne

Winner of the Malstrom Award of the League of Snohomish County Historical Organizations

In 1968, a time of turbulence and countercultural movements, a one-time television salesman named Paul Erdmann changed his name to Love Israel and...

Washington State

By Charles Pierce LeWarne

This revised, updated, and improved edition of the leading high school textbook on Washington State history brings the reader from the earliest known accounts of the region up to the present. Incorporating the newest data...

More Voices, New Stories

King County, Washington's First 150 Years

By Mary C. Wright, Charles Pierce LeWarne

Twelve essays explore the history of Seattle and King County, Washington, with a special focus on social, cultural, and ethnic history. Adding a new perspective to knowledge of the Pacific Northwest, writers including University of...