Grays Harbor native Aaron Goings’ long awaited treatise on the history of radicalism among Grays Harbor’s lumber workers has just been released by the University of Washington Press and and the Polson now has a large inventory in stock at the Museum Store.  We’ve also scheduled Goings for Saturday, November 8 at 1:00 p.m. to present a lecture and book signing at the Polson.  Goings is a professor of history at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.  His new hardback sells for $29.95.

In “Red Harbor,” Goings resurrects the forgotten history of lumber workers in a bastion of labor radicalism, examining the conflict as workers faced down an alliance of employers, police, and anti-radicals, including the Ku Klux Klan. But he goes beyond these clashes to illuminate the vital roles of families, immigrants, and working-class women in the labor movement, revealing how people fought not only for labor rights but also for the good of their communities.

Have a listen to Feliks Banel’s excellent recent “Cascade of History” podcast interview with Goings here:

https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-red-harbor