Paul's Place

von Judy Driscoll

38 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Be transported through timespanning three centuries as this pictorial exploration of historic Poulsbo,Washington takes you from Native American fishing grounds of the 18thcentury, through explorations, early logging, eventual settlement, and on tothe growth and development of the 20th century, all with a child'seye view of history. Watch as this smallcommunity nestled on the shores of Puget Sound issettled by Norwegian immigrants looking for a taste of home. Typical in growth of many pioneer settlementson Puget Sound, Poulsbo, unlike other early settlements,has managed to remain tied to her Scandinavian heritage. "The skeleton of yesterday remains,shaping the dreams of tomorrow."Paul's Place begs to beread more than once by more than one age. Children will delight in reading of the"logging camp that grew and grew" and the adventures of youngEJ. Parents will enjoy the historicnotes and tales. Grandparents canreminisce over the pictorial evolution of landscape and buildings. Sleuths of early settlements in the Pacific Northwest will be challenged to discover traces of the past stillvisible in storefronts now witnessing their third century of Poulsbo history.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781418452247
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2004
• Größe: 216 x 216 mm
• Verlag: AuthorHouse