History of the U.S. Army's Spruce Production Division in World War One.

"This guide describes 136 hikes in the North Cascades, including Mount Baker, the North Cascades Highway, Methow Valley, and the Mountain Loop Highway. This second edition will feature full-color photographs and fully updated hike descriptions and maps, as well as 30 all-new hikes"--

First published in 1934, this collection of tales was recorded and edited by Thelma Adamson, a student of Franz Boas and one of the first women to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest. A major contribution to our knowledge of western Washington Salish oral traditions, Folk-Tales of the Coast Salish contains 190 texts from nineteen consultants, most collected in English or in English translation. The 155 stories represent Upper Chehalis...

Access vertical file of Archive collection at Port Angeles Main Library.

"This classic, bestselling field guide features 794 species of plants commonly found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. Areas covered are the coastal region from shoreline to alpine, including the western Cascades--from tide pools to rain forests and meadows. Included in this massive, indispensable guide are 1100 color photographs; more than 1000...

Recent waves of social activism like the Occupy movement and Black Lives Matter show that you can fight city hall--or any other powerful entity for that matter. Now comes the playbook for citizen activists wanting to improve the world around them from Nick Licata, admired Seattle city councilmember and one of the city’s most effective leaders of political and social change since the 1960s. In this smart and powerful book, Licata explains how to...

"THE GRAND PROMISE takes us back to the 1930s New Deal public works program. An Eastern Washington town is uprooted and a family grapples with personal and financial dilemmas. A father resists inevitable change, and enters into a fierce conflict with his son. The historic construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, a massive project destined to bring prosperity to the Pacific Northwest, will also destroy the family's home and their town, but it will change...