Hard Times in Paradise
Download or Read eBook Hard Times in Paradise PDF written by William G. Robbins and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : William G. Robbins |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780295803319 |
ISBN-13 | : 0295803312 |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Hard Times in Paradise by : William G. Robbins
Book excerpt: Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay’s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s The Mill Casino.