The Last Wilderness

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The Last Wilderness Author: Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: University of Washington Press
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Pages: 296 Illustrations and other contents: 1 map Language: English ISBN: 9780295745336 Categories: , , ,

Murray Morgan’s classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness “as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of miles of living ice that gave rise to swift rivers alive with giant salmon.” Drawing on historical research and personal tales collected from docks, forest trails, and waterways, Morgan recounts vivid adventures of the area’s settlers-loggers, hunters, prospectors, homesteaders, utopianists, murderers, profit-seekers, conservationists, Wobblies, and bureaucrats-alongside stories of coastal first peoples and striking descriptions of the peninsula’s wildlife and land. Freshly redesigned and with a new introduction by poet and environmentalist Tim McNulty, this humor-filled saga and landmark love story of one of the most formidably beautiful regions of the Pacific Northwest will inform and engage a new generation of readers.

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"A surprise on every page, this rich history is necessary reading for understanding the Olympic Peninsula both as it was and is today." * Seattle Times * "Morgan turns his readers’ eyes to the mountains, the wild coastline and the early streets of Port Townsend and Port Angeles. His true tales are loaded with wit—and lush with moisture . . . [and McNulty] turns his introduction into a poetic venture into the emerald woods." * Peninsula Daily News * "Murray Morgan’s Last Wilderness is one of the classics of northwestern literature and popular history." * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *