On a silver desert on a silver desert the life of ernest haycox by foreword by ernest haycox jr. Stewart holbrooks lowbrow northwest northwest reprints booth, brian on. Access oregon pdf the port of portland by the people. Loggers and anarchists, murderers and crazies, all here, all beautifully explicated. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Stewart hall holbrook 18931964 was an american logger, writer, and popular historian. Stewart holbrook s lowbrow northwest northwest reprints booth, brian on.
Stewart holbrook highschool dropout, logger, journalist, storyteller, and historian was one of the. Fantastic book full of obscure pacific nw history that would certainly turn a few heads. Its history and builders in connection with the antecedent explorations, discoveries. This anthology collects two dozen of his best pieces about his adopted home, the pacific northwest. The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and. His writings focused on what he called the far corner. A popular regional writer of the pacific northwest who fell into obscurity after his death, holbrook 18931964 gets a lively repackaging of his work in this collection of 26 pieces drawn from his journalism and his books. This document lists books, articles and other sources on the history of the city of. Funny, exciting, poignant and highly recommended, especially if.
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