Introduction
 Murray's
People is a selection of essays by noted Northwest author
and historian Murray Morgan. These essays have been chosen and
edited by Librarian Gary Fuller Reese from more than 30 years of
newspaper and magazine articles, radio broadcasts, and books, by
Mr. Morgan,
Murray's
People offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the
people, events and history of the Pacific Northwest .
Wobblies
and patriots. Explorers gold-diggers, bankers, printers, and
newspapermen. For more than 30 years, historian and journalist
Murray C. Morgan entertained, enlightened and delighted readers
with his stories of the people and the events which played a
critical, and oftentimes humorous role in the growth and
development of Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest.
Murray's
People is a collection of essays selected by Librarian Gary
Fuller Reese from more than 30 years of newspaper and magazine
articles, radio broadcasts, and books, by Mr. Morgan, What will
you find here? Accounts of the leveling of Seattle in 1898; a
mammoth hoax involving the discovery of a woolly mammoth; Mark
Twain at the Tacoma Theater; a Tacoma's teenager's encounter with
President Woodrow Wilson at the Stadium Bowl, stories of the
Wilkes Expedition, dirty political goings-on, and a young cub
reporter's scoop on the rescue of Amelia Earhart.
These
are terrific stories of a time past - a time when a world was
waiting to be discovered, when a man's vision could create a city,
and when life was lived intensely by people who were willing to
take risks and knew how to have fun. Enjoy!
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