Category - Biography & Autobiography
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Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Enamored by the western frontier, British immigrant Cashup Davis, his wife Mary Ann, and nine children became one of the first white families to se...
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Man of Treacherous Charm: Territorial Justice Edmund C. Fitzhugh
PaperbackOriginal price $32.95Original price $32.95 - Original price $32.95Original price $32.95Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /In 1857, coal mine manager Edmund C. Fitzhugh killed a drunken trespasser in his garden. Though Fitzhugh was under indictment for murder and only m...
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Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and presen...
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Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound
PaperbackOriginal price $21.95Original price $21.95 - Original price $21.95Original price $21.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /This is the first thorough historical account of Chief Seattle and his times—the story of a half-century of tremendous flux, turmoil, and violenc...
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A Cowboy's Life Is Very Dangerous Work: The Autobiography of a Flathead Reservation Indian Cowboy, 1870-1944
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /The story of the cattle barons has often overshadowed the experiences of the common cowboy on whose labor the ranchers' wealth was built. Malcolm M...
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Duncan McDonald: Flathead Indian Reservation Leader and Cultural Broker, 1849-1937
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Duncan McDonald (1849-1937) led a remarkable life as an entrepreneur, tribal leader, historian, and cultural broker on the Flathead Indian Reservat...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
HardcoverOriginal price $33.99Original price $33.99 - Original price $33.99Original price $33.99Current price $28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Breaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new ge...
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Tulalip, from My Heart: An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation Community
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /In Tulalip, From My Heart, Harriette Shelton Dover describes her life on the Tulalip Reservation and recounts the myriad problems tribes faced afte...
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Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Immigrants from South Asia first began settling in Washington and Oregon in the nineteenth century, but because of restrictions placed on Asian imm...
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Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr.
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Billy Frank Jr. was an early participant in the fight for tribal fishing rights during the 1960s. Roughed up, belittled, and handcuffed on the rive...
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White Grizzly Bear's Legacy: Learning to Be Indian
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /"I walked across the highway and stood on the bank overlooking Lake Roosevelt. My attention was directed to the area where Kettle Falls once flowed...
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The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnúwit Átawish Nch'inch'imamí: Reflections on Sahaptin Ways
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nch'inch'imamí is a treasure trove of material for those interested in Native American culture. Author Virg...
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Uncle Rico's Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant raci...
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Jesintel: Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel--"to learn...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Breaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new ge...
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