{"product_id":"seattle-past-to-present-paperback","title":"Seattle, Past to Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Sale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKnute Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Sale's \u003ci\u003eSeattle, Past to Present\u003c\/i\u003e has become a beloved reflection of Seattle's history and its possible futures as imagined in 1976, when the book was first published. Drawing on demographic analysis, residential surveys, portraiture, and personal observation and reflection, Sale provides his take on what was most important in each of Seattle's main periods, from the city's founding, when settlers built a city great enough that the railroads eventually had to come; down to the post-Boeing Seattle of the 1970s, when the city was coming to terms with itself based on lessons from its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Sale touches on the economic diversity of late nineteenth-century Seattle that allowed it to grow; describes the major achievements of the first boom years in parks, boulevards, and neighborhoods of quiet elegance; and draws portraits of people like Vernon Parrington, Nellie Cornish, and Mark Tobey, who came to Seattle and flourished. The result is a powerful assessment of Seattle's vitality, the result of old-timers and newcomers mixing both in harmony and in antagonism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Seattle journalist Knute Berger, this edition invites today's readers to revisit Sale's time capsule of Seattle--and perhaps learn something unexpected about this ever-changing city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Sale (1932-2017) came to Seattle in 1962 to teach at the University of Washington, where he was a literature professor for nearly forty years. A prolific writer for publications such as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Sale was the author of thirteen books, including\u003ci\u003e Modern Heroism: Essays on D. H. Lawrence, William Empson, and J. R. R. Tolkien\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales and Afte\u003c\/i\u003er; \u003ci\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSeeing Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e. Host of \u003ci\u003eMossback's Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e on KCTS9, Knute Berger is an award-winning columnist for \u003ci\u003eCrosscut\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeattle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and author of two books: \u003ci\u003ePugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpace Needle: The Spirit of Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47278322221305,"sku":"9780295746371","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OERVL01yVm5XNncwV2pXY2xFN20wUT09.webp?v=1769007810","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/seattle-past-to-present-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}