{"product_id":"the-last-wilderness-a-history-of-the-olympic-peninsula-9780295745336","title":"The Last Wilderness: A History of the Olympic Peninsula","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurray Morgan's classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness \"as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of miles of living ice that gave rise to swift rivers alive with giant salmon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on historical research and personal tales collected from docks, forest trails, and waterways, Morgan recounts vivid adventures of the area's settlers--loggers, hunters, prospectors, homesteaders, utopianists, murderers, profit-seekers, conservationists, Wobblies, and bureaucrats--alongside stories of coastal first peoples and striking descriptions of the peninsula's wildlife and land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreshly redesigned and with a new introduction by poet and environmentalist Tim McNulty, this humor-filled saga and landmark love story of one of the most formidably beautiful regions of the Pacific Northwest will inform and engage a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist, educator, and historian \u003cb\u003eMurray Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2000) authored more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eSkid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePuget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and CBS News, hosted the Northwest radio show \u003ci\u003eOur Town, Our World\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote for magazines ranging from \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eTim McNulty\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, essayist, and nature writer based in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. His natural history books include \u003ci\u003eOlympic National Park: A Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington's Mount Rainier National Park\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received the Washington State Book Award and the National Outdoor Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607554756882,"sku":"9780295745336","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05759931-6de9-432f-b4c2-0480f6fdfc48.jpg?v=1732310093","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-wilderness-a-history-of-the-olympic-peninsula-9780295745336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}