Hard times in paradise Coos Bay, Oregon / [electronic resource] :
William G. Robbins.
- Rev. ed.
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006.
- xix, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780295803319 (electronic bk.)
Lumber trade--History.--Oregon--Coos Bay Logging--History.--Oregon--Coos Bay Loggers--History.--Oregon--Coos Bay