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It's Always Uphill from the Dock

Autor Ann B Irish
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 iun 2023
Here is a look at the Puget Sound islands throughout history-the San Juan Islands, Whidbey Island, Bainbridge and Vashon Islands, and many others. Featured are the people who have come to the islands: Native Americans, explorers, entrepreneurs, settlers and visitors. We learn of the Native peoples' traditional ways of life and the changes that the new settlers brought. The islands saw small pioneer farms and, later, very successful strawberry fields. Industries emerged, from lumber mills large and small to boat construction and even ski design and production. National defense installations have also been on the islands, and wartime policies have had a strong impact on Bainbridge and Vashon. Yet the islands have also hosted many summer camps, resorts and the parks that islanders and visitors today enjoy. We learn about the boats that brought people to the islands before the age of motor vehicles. More recently, how have automobile ferries and bridges impacted the islands? Here, too, is the story of the bridges to the islands that have not been built. Finally, what are the challenges these islands may face in the future?
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ISBN-13: 9781941890417
ISBN-10: 1941890415
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Epicenter Press (WA)

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Born in Ohio, Ann B. Irish has lived on Vashon Island for almost all of her adult life. She holds a doctorate in history from the University of Washington, and she retired from Vashon Island High School after having taught there for twenty-seven years. Her two previous books are a biography of distant relative and important national politician Joseph W. Byrns and a history of Japan's northern island, Hokkaido. Ms. Irish is a long-time volunteer at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum, where she has imparted details of island history to many school groups and other visitors. She is also an active volunteer and docent for Friends of Mukai, an organization which celebrates Vashon-Maury Island's Japanese heritage. In addition, she has traveled widely in the United States and abroad and has taught in Japan and Laos.