{"product_id":"salmon-eaters-to-sagebrushers-washingtons-lost-literary-legacy-9780874223705","title":"Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington's Lost Literary Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Donahue\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - Regional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumerous long-forgotten literary pieces about Washington State once enjoyed wide regional and national readership. Some were bestsellers. The stories they told of coming of age in Seattle, living in a San Juan Island lighthouse, piloting Columbia River paddleboats, and farming on the Palouse captured readers' imaginations. They offered vivid depictions of the region's people and places--often with harsh renderings of its previously whitewashed history. While most have fallen out of print and circulation, collectively they reveal an impressive literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalmon Eaters to Sagebrushers\u003c\/i\u003e gives an informed and careful examination of these \"vintage\" fiction, nonfiction, and poetry works--all at least 50 years old. Based on his popular Retrospective Review column in the Washington State Historical Society journal \u003ci\u003eColumbia: The Magazine of Northwest History\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Donahue's new essay collection is a hybrid of literary criticism, history, and biography, combining reappraisals of more than forty titles with short excerpts and author profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the included authors made notable contributions to Northwest literature. Their novels, memoirs, and poetry--spanning 70 years, from the late 1880s to the mid-1960s--evoke countless aspects of the Northwest. In portraying everyday life, presenting sub-regions such as the Columbia River Basin and Olympic Peninsula, and casting a critical eye on social issues such as white settlement and early industrialization, they reflect how Northwesterners regarded themselves and their region throughout most of the last century--perceptions that continue to shape Northwest identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889285906583,"sku":"9780874223705","price":1941.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780874223705.webp?v=1781175464","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/salmon-eaters-to-sagebrushers-washingtons-lost-literary-legacy-9780874223705","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}