Comments on: Good nonfiction books about Seattle?

Question: Good nonfiction books about Seattle?

The corpse in the library — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:53:52 -0800

Recommendations for well-written narrative nonfiction books about Seattle?

I'm currently enjoying Peter Hessler's Oracle Bones, for example. So like that, but about Seattle. (Which would make it an entirely different book, yes -- I just mean I like his style.)

By: Inkslinger

Inkslinger — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:17:04 -0800

Though I've found that opinions on it vary wildly, Sons of the Profits might be worth checking out. I enjoyed reading it when I first moved to Seattle.

By: philad

philad — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:47:56 -0800

May be way off base but try this.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:53:24 -0800

Second Sons of the Profits

I asked this question on Librarything and was recommended the following:

Skid Road by M.C. Morgan
Vanishing Seattle by Clark Humphrey
Native Seattle by Coll Thrush

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:58:31 -0800

Gary Atkins' book "Gay Seattle: Stories of Exile and Belonging."

By: mmdei

mmdei — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:11:02 -0800

The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle

By: lhauser

lhauser — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:55:03 -0800

It's not as much fun as Sons of the Profits, but Murray Morgan's Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattleis a storyteller's history of Seattle, and I remember it being very good reading. My wife studied Washington State history under Morgan; he taught from a four inch thick stack of notes that never made it into what would probably have been the definitive history of the state.