Washington History
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbooks

The Washington Adventure. Ruth Pelz. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith Books, 2003

The Pacific Northwest: Past, Present and Future. Dale Lambert. East Wenatchee: Directed Media, Inc., 1993

Washington State. Charles P. LeWarne. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986, 1988 (third printing with corrections), 1993 (revised edition), 1995 (second printing, revised edition)

The Washington Story: A History of Our State. Ruth Pelz. Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, 1988, 1993 (revised edition)

General

Washington : The Spirit of America (Art of the State). Nancy Friedman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999.

Washington: Images of a State's Heritage. Schwantes, Morrissey, Nicandri, Strasser. Spokane: Melior Publications, 1989

Washington's Yesterdays: Before there was a Territory. Lucille McDonald. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1953

WSHS Field Guide to the Hall of Washington History. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1997, 2001 (2nd printing with corrections).

Elementary

It Happened in Washington. James A. Crutchfield. Helena: The Falcon Press, 1995

A Historical Album of Washington. William Cocke. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 1995

Secondary

Washington: Images of a State's Heritage. Schwantes, Morrissey, Nicandri, Strasser. Spokane: Melior Publications, 1989.

Exploring Washington's Past. Kirk & Alexander. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990

Place Names of Washington. Robert Hitchman. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1985

Sexless Oysters and Self-Tipping Hats: 100 Years of Invention in the Pacific Northwest. Adam Woog. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1991

Washingtonians: A Biographical Portrait of the State. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1988

Peoples of Washington: Perspectives on Cultural Diversity. White and Solberg. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1989

The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History. Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 (2nd edition)

Natural Settings BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Rockhound's Guide to Washington. Bob Jackson. Helena: Jackson Mountain Press, 1992

Roadside Geology of Washington. Alt & Hyndman. Missoula: Mountain Press, 1984

Washington: Portrait of the Land. Robert V. Steelquist. Helena: American Geographic Publishing, 1988

Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History. Kirk & Alexander. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990

Exploring Washington Archaeology. Kirk & Daugherty. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978

Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano. Rob Carson. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1991

The Washington Cascades. Bergh Jensen. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1992

Native Heritage BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elementary

The Nez Perce: A First Americans Book. Virginia Driving Hawk Snere. New York: Holiday House, 1994

Seya's Song. Ron Hirschi. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1992

The Boy Who lived with the Seals. Rafe Martin. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993

Indians of North America Series: The Chinook, The Coast Salish Peoples, The Nez Perce & The Yakima. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990

Secondary

A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Monographs, No 7). Robin K. Wright. Seattle: Burke Museum & University of Washington Press, 1991

Cedar. Hillary Stewart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1984

Portraits in Time: Photographs of the Makah by Samuel G. Morse, 1896-1903. Tacoma: Makah Cultural and Research Center & Washington State Historical Society, 1987

Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau. James D. Keyser. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992

The Eyes of Chief Seattle. The Suquamish Museum, 1990

Encounters BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elementary

The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark. Rhonda Blumburg. New York: Beech Tree, 1987

Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the American West. Steven Kroll. New York: Holiday House, 1994

Search for the Northwest Passage. Lucile McDonald. Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1958

Secondary

Soft Gold: The Fur Trade & Culture on the Northwest Coast of America. Vaughn & Holm. Portland: Oregon State Historical Society, 1990 (2nd edition)

Vancouver's Voyage: Charting the Northwest Coast, 1791-1795. Robin Fisher. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992

Columbia's River: The Voyages of Robert Gray, 1787-1793. J. Richard Nokes. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1991

Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America. Jack Nisbet. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1994

Cities & Towns BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elementary

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon. Paul Erickson. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1994

Immigrants: A Library of Congress Book. Martin Sandler. New York: HarperCollins, 1995

The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman. Amelia Stewart Knight. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993

A Pioneer Sampler: Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840. Barbara Greenwood. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1995

Secondary

Washington: Images of a State's Heritage. Schwantes, Morrisey, Nicandri, & Strasser. Spokane: Melior Publications, 1988

Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest. Carlos Schwantes. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993

A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home. Phoebe Goodell Judson. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984 (reprint of 1925 edition)

Straw Hats, Sandals, and Steel: The Chinese in Washington State. Lorraine Barker Hildebrand. Tacoma: Washington State Bicentennial Commission, 1977

Wageworkers Frontier BIBLIOGRAPHY

Klondike Fever: The Famous Gold Rush of 1898. Michael Cooper. New York: Clarion Books, 1989

Rough and Ready Loggers. A.S. Gintzler. Santa Fe: John Muir Publications, 1994

This Was Logging. Ralph W. Andrews. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing, 1982

Washington: Images of a State's Heritage. Schwantes, Morrissey, Nicandri, Strasser. Spokane: Melior Publications, 1989.

Secondary

Wobbly War: The Centralia Story. John McClelland, Jr. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1987

Coal Towns in the Cascades: A Centennial History of Roslyn and Cle Elum, Washington. John C. Shideler. Spokane: Melior Publications, 1986

Black Diamond: Mining the Memories. Diane & Cory Olson. Seaside: Frontier Publishing, 1988

Kids at Work: Lewis Hine & the Crusade Against Child Labor. Russell Freedman. New York: Clarion Books, 1994

Fishwheels of the Columbia. Donaldson & Cramer. Portland: Binfords & Mort Publishers, 1971

Hard Times & Homefront BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elementary

Baseball Saved Us. Ken Mochizuki. Lee & Low Books, 1993

The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp. Tunnell & Chilcoat. Holiday House, 1996

The Bracelet. Yoshiko Uchida. Philomel Press, 1993

Secondary

I Am an American: The True Story of Japanese Internment. Jerry Stanley. Crown Publishers, 1994

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp. Jerry Stanley. Crown Publishers, 1992

Nisei Daughter. Monica Sone. University of Washington Press, 1979

Modern Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY

Secondary

A Century of Service: The Puget Power Story. Robert C. Wing. Bellevue: Puget Power & Light Co., 1987

The Columbia River Reader. William L. Lang. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1992

Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream. Paul C. Pitzer. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1994

The New Deal and the West. Richard Lowitt. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984

Hanford and the Bomb: An Oral History of World War II. S.L. Stanger. Seattle: Living History Press, 1989

Washington Trivia. Patricia Callander Hedtke. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991

Washington Women as Path Breakers. Mildred Tanner Andrews. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1989

Peoples of Washington: Perspectives on Cultural Diversity. White & Solberg. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1989