Hard times in paradise
Subtitle: Coos Bay, Oregon
By: William G. Robbins.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Lumber trade -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History.; Logging -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History.; Loggers -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History.; Coos Bay (Or.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poor man's paradise; title: An empire itself; title: The "big mill" and its world; title: Logging the Coos timber; title: Getting by; title: Surviving the Great Depression; title: The Second World War; title: Lumber capital of the world; title: Timber forever; title: Bosses and workers; title: Hard times and survivors; title: Post mortem : reflections on the present condition.