{"product_id":"salmon-eaters-to-sagebrushers-peter-donahue-9780874223705","title":"Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington's Lost Literary Legacy","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Donahue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874223709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874223705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Peter Donahue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926711501055,"sku":"9780874223705","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_996f4142-9fe9-4a6b-a7a3-5db376fd23f9.jpg?v=1681084585","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salmon-eaters-to-sagebrushers-peter-donahue-9780874223705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}