| The Last Wilderness: A History of the Olympic Peninsula Contributor(s): Morgan, Murray (Author), McNulty, Tim (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0295745339 ISBN-13: 9780295745336 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Wilderness - Travel | Parks & Campgrounds |
| Dewey: 979.794 |
| LCCN: 2018054733 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Murray Morgan's classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness "as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of miles of living ice that gave rise to swift rivers alive with giant salmon." Drawing on historical research and personal tales collected from docks, forest trails, and waterways, Morgan recounts vivid adventures of the area's settlers--loggers, hunters, prospectors, homesteaders, utopianists, murderers, profit-seekers, conservationists, Wobblies, and bureaucrats--alongside stories of coastal first peoples and striking descriptions of the peninsula's wildlife and land. Freshly redesigned and with a new introduction by poet and environmentalist Tim McNulty, this humor-filled saga and landmark love story of one of the most formidably beautiful regions of the Pacific Northwest will inform and engage a new generation of readers. |