Puget's Sound
A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound
Published on 7. November 2018
Book
Hardback
488 pages
978-0-295-74445-2 (ISBN)
Description
With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, "the City of Destiny," and southern Puget Sound, where many major events of Washington's history took place. Drawing upon original journals and reports, Morgan builds Puget's Sound around individuals, interweaving portraits of well-known historical figures with a raucous parade of saloonkeepers, politicians, union organizers, schemers, and swindlers. His account begins with the landing of Captain Vancouver in Puget Sound in 1792 and ends with the founding of Fort Lewis in 1916. Between are the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, the boom-and-bust of lumber mills, the anti-Chinese riots of 1885, and more distinctive Northwest history that will intrigue both new arrivals and longtime residents.
With a new introduction by historian and historic preservationist Michael Sean Sullivan, this redesigned edition of Puget's Sound brings new life to Morgan's landmark history.
With a new introduction by historian and historic preservationist Michael Sean Sullivan, this redesigned edition of Puget's Sound brings new life to Morgan's landmark history.
Reviews / Votes
[An] encompassing, timeless retelling of Tacoma's history . . . Today, as it was upon its release, it's seen as both a work of history and a work of uncompromising adoration for the place its author called home. . . . Puget's Sound remains revered in Tacoma, particularly among those with an undying affinity for the city's colorful past. -- Matt Driscoll * Tacoma News Tribune *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
80 b&w illus., 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-295-74445-2 (9780295744452)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Murray Morgan (1916-2000), a journalist and historian, was the author of more than twenty books, including Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle and The Last Wilderness, a history of the Olympic Peninsula. He worked for Time magazine, the New York Herald Tribune, and CBS News and hosted the early morning radio show "Our Town, Our World." Michael Sean Sullivan is a public historian, writer, and historic preservationist. He has taught Pacific Northwest history at the University of Washington Tacoma for more than twenty years and, as a graduate student, studied with Murray Morgan.