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Wildmen Wobblies & Whistle Punks Stewart Holbrooks Lowbrow Northwest

by Stewart H Holbrook
Wildmen Wobblies & Whistle Punks Stewart Holbrooks Lowbrow Northwest

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ISBN13: 9780870713835
ISBN10: 0870713833
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Stewart Holbrook — high-school dropout, logger, journalist, storyteller, and historian — was one of the best-loved figures in the Pacific Northwest during the two decades preceding his death in 1964. This anthology collects two dozen of his best pieces about his adopted home, the Pacific Northwest. Holbrook believed in "lowbrow or non-stuffed-shirt history." Holbrook's lowbrow Northwest ranges from British Columbia logging camps to Oregon ranches, and is peopled with fascinating characters like Liverpool Liz of the old Portland waterfront, the over-sexed prophet Joshua Ii of the Church of the Brides of Christ in Corvallis, and Arthur Boose, the last Wobbly paper boy. Here are stories of forgotten scandals and crimes, forest fires, floods, and other catastrophes, stories of workers, underdogs, scoundrels, dreamers, and fanatics, stories that bring the past to life.

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Stewart Holbrook was born in Vermont in 1893 and came to the Northwest in 1920. After working as a logger, he moved in 1923 to Portland and spent the rest of his life writing. He was a fast and productive writer, regularly turning out 3,000 to 5,000 words a day. He wrote for the Oregonian newspaper, as well as articles for magazines ranging from the New Yorker to Startling Detective. He also wrote, co-authored, and edited over three dozen books. His first book, Holy Old Mackinaw: A Natural History of the American Lumberjack, was published in 1938, and it made him a national figure.

Brian Booth is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Oregon Institute of Literary Arts, and also serves as Chairman of the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission.


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As a native-born Oregonian who worked for The Oregonian for almost 40 years, I was passingly acquainted with Holbrook and his work before I happened upon this book edited by my friend Brian Booth. It is an engaging read for anyone interested in Northwest lore. I once was a whistle punk myself, but nearly the rough and tumble kind Holbrook wrote about so wonderfully. I intend to buy several of the books to give to friends I think will enjoy them. It's a nifty read.

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ISBN:
9780870713835
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/01/1994
Publisher:
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Series info:
Northwest Reprints (Paperback)
Pages:
320
Height:
.93IN
Width:
5.54IN
Thickness:
1 in.
Series:
Northwest Reprints (Paperback)
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
1992
UPC Code:
2800870713837
Author:
Stewart H Holbrook
Author:
Brian Booth
Subject:
Northwest, Pacific History.
Subject:
Americana-General
Subject:
Northwest, pacific
Subject:
United states

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