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Seven or eight years ago, I was one of those purists who swore he would never betray the old-fashioned print book by reading on an electronic gadget. But then I discovered samples and my life changed forever.
For perhaps the hundredth time the frustrated caller asked, “Whatever happened to those strong old communities we used to have, where everybody looked after one another?” While the talk show host immediately launched into a discussion about crime, foreigners and “people are just different these days”. I found myself asking the same question as I
View of downtown Spokane circa 1911. Though it may be hard to imagine today, Spokane was once a hotbed of labor radicalism. And for a month — November of 1909 — all eyes of the nation were trained on the city for outlawing speaking in public. Hundreds of men and women who came to the city to challenge the seemingly un-American policy were thrown in jail. Well before 1909, the West had ceased being the land of opportunity advertised in railroad circulars; the fertile farmland and hillsides filled with gold had long since been locked up by bi...