Survival in a Mill Town, by Von Braschler

Survival in a Mill Town, by Von Braschler For many years, the 1916 Everett Massacre which systematically killed countless mill workers has been swept away. There has been a sort of amnesia about that Bloody Sunday and a strange sort of immunity for the civic leaders who brutalized lumber workers. These were sawmill workers who…

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Women’s Voices from the Oregon Trail, by Susan G. Butruille

In Women’s Voices from the Oregon Trail (276 pages), Susan Butruille artfully narrates the lives and struggles of the women who followed the 2,000-mile trail to Oregon 175 years ago. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only retraces the women’s journeys, but also brings their narratives to life in diary, song, history, poetry, quilts, and recipes. Beginning…

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