The Story of the Port of Seattle, 1911-2011
Rising Tides features plenty of colorful actors, from fiery longshore-union leader Harry Bridges to railroad mogul James J. Hill. . . . This is Seattle history from another angle.'. -- Mike Dillon * City Living *
Kit Oldham is a historian at HistoryLink.org and co-author of Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005. Peter Blecha is the author of six books and a historian and editor at HistoryLink.org.
Foreword Introduction Birth of the Port Building an Institution Boom and Bust Into the Jet Age Revolution and Recession Competition and Expansion Green Gateway Appendix A: Port of Seattle Commisioners Appendix B: Port of Seattle Directors/CEOs Appendix C: Port of Seattle Union Partners A Note on Sources Acknowledgements Image Credits Index