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Hard Times in Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon

Hard Times in Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon Paperback / softback - 2006

by William G. Robbins

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Paperback / softback. New. Presents a story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks. The author describes Coos Bay's transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is home to the Coquille Indian Tribe's Mill Casino.
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  • Title Hard Times in Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon
  • Author William G. Robbins
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition New
  • Pages 236
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780295985480
  • ISBN 9780295985480 / 0295985488
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.16 x 0.58 in (22.76 x 15.65 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Oregon
  • Library of Congress subjects Lumber trade - Oregon - Coos Bay - History, Logging - Oregon - Coos Bay - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005031058
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.174

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 140

About the author

William G. Robbins is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University. He is the author of Landscapes of Promise: The Oregon Story, 1800-1940 and Landscapes of Conflict: The Oregon Story, 1940-2000, among other books.

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