Elizabeth Guss,Janice O'Mahony,Mary Richardson's Whidbey Island: Reflections on People & the Land PDF

By Elizabeth Guss,Janice O'Mahony,Mary Richardson

For generations, Whidbey Island's shiny good looks has made it a house for these drawn in via a rural panorama and thriving groups. even if local tribes, pioneers, tourists or retirees, all have loved the island's legacy. Their tales illustrate Whidbey Island citizens' devotion to their domestic. Authors Elizabeth Guss, Janice O'Mahony and Mary Richardson supply a compelling anthology that captures the background at the back of the intentional safety and recovery of normal and cultural parts at the island. each one tale sheds new mild on Whidbey Island's wealthy historical past. From the early settlements of local americans and Europeans, to federal involvement with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the U.S. army, carrying on with in the course of the activism within the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies, to this day, this can be the tale of Whidbey Island.

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