This anthology collects two dozen of his best pieces. Holbrook s lowbrow northwest ranges from british columbia logging camps to oregon ranches, and is peopled with fascinating characters like liverpool liz of the old portland waterfront, the oversexed prophet joshua ii of the church of the brides of christ in corvallis, and arthur boose, the last wobbly paper boy. Funny, exciting, poignant and highly recommended, especially if you live in the pacific northwest. This anthology collects two dozen of his best pieces about his adopted home, the pacific northwest. Stewart holbrooks lowbrow northwest northwest reprints booth, brian on. Booth, whose first book this is, is founder and chair of the oregon institute of literary. Holbrook believed in lowbrow or nonstuffed shirt history. When studies of the era s nativism have mentioned the west coast, it is almost exclusively in the context of antiasian pressures, or briefly while discussing the reemergence of the ku klux klan in the 1920s and the impact of the industrial workers of the world the iww. Stewart holbrook highschool dropout, logger, journalist, storyteller, and historian was one of the bestloved figures in the pacific northwest during the two decades preceding his death in 1964. Unfairly forgotten primo northwest writer who has an unsparing eye and a sensitive bs detector. Mccain independently round margaret homemade booth islamic 77. Stewart holbrook s lowbrow northwest northwest reprints. Brian booth stewart holbrook highschool dropout, logger, journalist, storyteller, and historian was one of the bestloved figures in the pacific northwest during the two decades preceding his death in 1964.
Holbrook 18931964highschool dropout, logger, journalist, storyteller, and historianwas one of the bestloved figures in the pacific northwest during the two decades preceding his death in 1964. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Stewart holbrook s lowbrow northwest northwest reprints booth, brian on. Cantwell was a true northwesterner derived from pioneer stock, growing up near the site of the centralia massacre of iww workers or wobblies after world war i, and himself a worker for several years in a northwest plywood factory. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The oregon emigrant was not a gold seeker like those who flocked to california in 1849. Stewart holbrooks lowbrow northwest published by osu press helped revive interest in holbrook and his.
Stewart holbrooks lowbrow northwest northwest reprints brian booth on. The northwest had adopted this mythology and imbued the regions initial american settlers with a status superior even to that of the already beatified western pioneer. Stewart holbrook oregon cultural heritage commission. Stewart holbrooks lowbrow northwest stewart hall holbrook, brian booth libri in altre lingue. Brian cofounded the oregon cultural heritage commission, which celebrates the states diverse literary and cultural legacy through public events, memorials and publications.
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