{"product_id":"the-last-wilderness-a-history-of-the-olympic-peninsula-9780295745336","title":"The Last Wilderness: A History of the Olympic Peninsula","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurray 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreshly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3314461\"\u003eMurray Morgan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295745336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295745339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036110\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT045040\"\u003eEcosystems \u0026amp; Habitats | Wilderness\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV018000\"\u003eParks \u0026amp; Campgrounds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist, educator, and historian \u003cb\u003eMurray Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2000) authored more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eSkid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePuget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and CBS News, hosted the Northwest radio show \u003ci\u003eOur Town, Our World\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote for magazines ranging from \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eTim McNulty\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, essayist, and nature writer based in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. His natural history books include \u003ci\u003eOlympic National Park: A Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington's Mount Rainier National Park\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received the Washington State Book Award and the National Outdoor Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42703749447917,"sku":"9780295745336","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bc62b88c-e942-41c0-a959-c7f2b37f0226.jpg?v=1649989226","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-last-wilderness-a-history-of-the-olympic-peninsula-9780295745336","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}