Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington's Lost Literary Legacy

by Peter Donahue

Numerous long-forgotten literary pieces about Washington State once enjoyed wide regional and national readership. Some were bestsellers. The stories they told of coming of age in Seattle, living in a San Juan Island lighthouse, piloting Columbia River paddleboats, and farming on the Palouse captured readers' imaginations. They offered vivid depictions of the region's people and places--often with harsh renderings of its previously whitewashed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223709
• ISBN13: 9780874223705
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"