Description:
Capturing stories from Seattle newspapers, this narrative history traces a turbulent decade that scarred a generation and defined years of policy and culture--from the city's real estate depression, savings and loan failures, and waterfront Hooverville, to its political fights over unemployment assistance, intense business rivalries, union growth, and more.
Brief description:
Bruce A. Ramsey holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and studied graduate level journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. His journalism career includes stints at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. He has two other books, both published by Caxton Press.
Review Quotes:
"Ramsey's book is the most readable, insightful, and comprehensive history to date of Seattle during the Great Depression."
--John C. Hughes, Chief Historian, Office of the Secretary of State (Washington State)