Hard Times in Paradise

Hard Times in Paradise
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780295803319
ISBN-13 : 0295803312
Rating : 4/5 (312 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hard Times in Paradise by : William G. Robbins

Download or read book Hard Times in Paradise 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. 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.


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