
Washington's History, Revised Edition
The People, Land, and Events of the Far Northwest
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Now with a new design and updated content, including three brand-new chapters plus a new preface and a postscript from the author.
An anything-but-dry history textbook in a take-it-with-you package, Washington's History is a fascinating walk through the sweeping story of a place and its people.
For centuries, the natural beauty and riches of the Northwest have excited the human imagination, from its first peoples to seafaring explorers, to westward-thinking pioneers, to technological thinkers and giants.
A Washington resident himself, author Harry Ritter offers fifty-five vignettes illustrated with rare archival photographs that comprise an entertaining and informative picture of life in the Far Northwest.
Learn about the Natives, explorers, traders, missionaries, loggers, farmers, inventors, and politicians. From Chief Seattle to Dr. John McLoughlin, William E. Boeing, Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, these are the people at the epicenter of events that shaped the Evergreen State.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map of Washington
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Prologue: The Northwest of the Imagination
- Native Cultures
- Maritime and Overland Exploration of the Northwest
- Fur Traders, Pathfinders, and Missionaries
- Pioneer Settlement
- From Big Trees to Big Sky: The Early Days of Washington Territory
- The Iron Horse and the Vision of Economic Empire
- The Twentieth Century and Beyond
- Postscript, 2018 A Time of Change
- Bibliography
- Index
- Photo Credits
- About the Author