Hard times in paradise : Coos Bay, Oregon

Robbins, William G. 1935- (Author).

Summary: "Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay's transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe's The Mill Casino."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0295985488
ISBN: 9780295985480
Physical Description: print
xix, 227 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Poor man's paradise -- An empire itself -- The "big mill" and its world -- Logging the Coos timber -- Getting by -- Surviving the Great Depression -- The Second World War -- Lumber capital of the world -- Timber forever -- Bosses and workers -- Hard times and survivors -- Post mortem : reflections on the present condition.