J. Kingston Pierce

will be in our Seattle store on
October 24, 2003
5-8 p.m.

to discuss his book

Eccentric Seattle: Pillars and Pariahs Who Made the City Not Such a Boring Place After All



This collection of irreverent, colorful accounts provides a fascinating look at the sometimes troubled, tragic, and bawdy past of the Emerald City and its neighbors. The author portrays the trendy fads and devastating events that shaped the region, and introduces some of the area's most notorious scoundrels and greatest benefactors. Whether about the great 1889 fire or the plague of 1918, brothel owners or rock musicians, Pierce's vignettes deliver captivating reading.