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Walking Washington’s History showcases the state’s engaging urban history through guided walks in ten major cities.

Table of Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

1. Vancouver: The First City

2. Olympia: The Birthplace of Washington

3. Walla Walla: Frontier Town

4. Tacoma: Boomtown on Commencement Bay

5. Seattle: Gateway to Gold

6. Everett: Milltown

7. Bellingham: Reluctant City

8. Yakima: Hub of the Valley

9. Spokane: City by the Falls

10. Bellevue: Edge City

Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Judy Bentley writes hiking guides, history, and biography and is emeritus faculty at South Seattle College. She is the author of Hiking Washington’s History and (with Lorraine McConaghy) Free Boy: A True Story of Slave and Master.

Reviews

"Bentley endeavors to make her book as useful as possible while toting it along on a history-minded walk."
*Bellingham Herald*

"Bentley provides brief by engaging historical overviews. . . . There are stories in the ground beneath our feet, dashed dreams lingering in the air, as well as legacies of benevolent forethought from a not-so-distant past all around us."
*Chattermarks blog (North Cascades Institute)*

"Coming soon to a city near you: clusters of visitors gazing intently at a handheld object as a way to engage with their surroundings. . . . The commendable new book by Judy Bentley. . . . This is an immensely appealing approach to writing history. . . . Bentley demonstrates that history is not abstruse and remote from our current experience; it is ever present—and just around the next corner."
*Seattle Times*