United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
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Abandoned Washington State: From Old Barns to Atom Bombs
$24.99 Read moreAbandoned Washington State presents a fascinating glimpse into history, through captivating photographs of places now abandoned. Each photograph has a story behind it, and it is through these thought-
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Frisk, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994787
- Language: English
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Seattle in the Great Depression: A History of Business, Labor, and Politics Drawn from Local Chronicles
$24.95 Read moreCaptured from Great Depression-era Seattle newspapers, this narrative history of the city’s business, labor, and political life traces a turbulent decade that scarred a generation and defined years of
- Author: Ramsey, Bruce A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: January 31 2025
- ISBN10: 0874224322
- Language: English
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Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
$32.00 Add to cartNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by LitHub
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond–a g- Author: Fraser, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 593657225
- Language: English
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Becoming Walla Walla: The Transformation of Cayuse Country, 1805-1879
$27.95 Add to cartThe first Euro-Americans to trek through the verdant Walla Walla Valley were uniformly impressed with its prospects for colonization. The Cayuse remained the valley’s primary inhabitants until diverse
- Author: Crockett, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0874224330
- Language: English
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Spirits Along the Columbia River
$21.99 Add to cartThe breathtaking scenery of the Pacific Northwest hides a myriad of dark secrets.
From sightings of the Columbia River Sea Serpent, nicknamed Colossal Claude, to tales of Bigfoot encounters dating back
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Kitmacher, Ira Wesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150568
- Language: English
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Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest
$29.95 Add to cartHeaven 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 evidence of sea gardens and c
- Author: Gordon, David George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0295750782
- Language: English
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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 Read moreDespite 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 Add to cartHardship 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
