Description Numerous long-forgotten literary works about Washington State once enjoyed wide readership.
The stories they told captured readers' imaginations, and collectively, they reveal an impressive literary legacy.
Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers gives an informed and careful examination of these vintage fiction, nonfiction, and poetry gems--all at least 50 years old.
A hybrid of literary criticism, history, and biography, this new essay collection combines reappraisals of more than forty titles with short excerpts and author profiles.
Each of the included authors made notable contributions to Northwest literature.
Their novels, memoirs, and poetry evoke countless aspects of the Northwest.
In portraying everyday life and casting a critical eye on social issues, they reflect how Northwesterners regarded themselves and their region throughout most of the last century.
Jacket Numerous 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.
Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers 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 Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, 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.
Each of the included authors made notable contributio.
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Washington State University Press Salmon eaters to sagebrushers: washington's lost literary legacy, paperback/peter donahue
