Skid Row, an Informal Portrait of Seattle

MORGAN, Murray

ISBN 10: 0295958464 / ISBN 13: 9780295958460

Published by Univ of Washington, 1995

About this Item

Inscribed by Morgan. 292pp,octavo paperback. wraps lightly worn but clean, tight binding, interior text clean. inscribed by author.

Seller Inventory # 164261

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Skid Row, an Informal Portrait of Seattle
• Publisher: Univ of Washington
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295958464
• ISBN 13: 9780295958460
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Revised Ed.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • USA - WASHINGTON

About this title

Synopsis

Informal and picturesque, Skid Road is the story of Seattle during its first hundred years, seen through the lives of the vigorous personalities of its settlers and early citizens. This handsomely illustrated revised edition brings Seattle’s history up-to-date and provides a vivid portrayal of its past: pioneering, Indian warfare, lumber, railroads, the great fire of 1889, the Alaska gold rush, the amusement business, newspapers, the general strike of 1919, and the tumultuous politics of city and state that have made history in the Northwest.

About the Author

Murray Morgan (1916–2000), a journalist and historian, was the author of more than twenty books, including the well-loved Skid Road and The Last Wilderness. He worked for Time magazine, the New York Herald Tribune, and CBS News and hosted the early morning radio show "Our Town, Our World." Mary Ann Gwinn writes for the Seattle Times, Booklist, and other publications. She won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1990, was one of three jurors for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, and serves on the board of the National Book Critics Circle.