Hard Times in Paradise
| Author | : William G. Robbins |
| Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2011-07-01 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780295803319 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0295803312 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
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.
