Posted on Oct 28, 2020
Echoes Of Today's Unrest Run Through 'The Cold Millions'
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In 1909, the Wild West was a little less wild than it used to be.
Spokane, Wash., still had enough saloons to soak the town, but there were opera houses and vaudeville theaters too. It was the unofficial capital of that corner of the West — rapidly industrializing, with a tangle of railroads and men looking for work, like the two brothers at the heart of Jess Walter's new novel, The Cold Millions. It's a adventure tale based on actual events in the early days of the labor movement.
Spokane, Wash., still had enough saloons to soak the town, but there were opera houses and vaudeville theaters too. It was the unofficial capital of that corner of the West — rapidly industrializing, with a tangle of railroads and men looking for work, like the two brothers at the heart of Jess Walter's new novel, The Cold Millions. It's a adventure tale based on actual events in the early days of the labor movement.
Echoes Of Today's Unrest Run Through 'The Cold Millions'
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Yep, Spokane second biggest city in Washington. Thanks for the share, love ready about my home town.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC Steven Borders I was Culturally Illiterate about the Pacific Northwest. My Daughter took a Love to the Tale of Lewis and Clark. She Married a Pacific Northwest Sailor. History is Our Passion and Our Love. Needless to Say I'm Much More Versed in Pacific Northwest History Now, Where My Grandchildren were all born.
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