[Conifers]

I’m looking for an interesting history of the previous inhabitants of the pacific northwest. Most books I come across seem to be boring academic tomes or just old and wrong and maybe a little racist. Some are way too broad or way too specific. Ideally, I would like something that is readable for a non-historian such as myself. A few years ago I read a fascinating book about the Comanche. It was well-researched yet readable, and I learned a lot. Something similar about the Coast Salish or other tribes in Washington would be pretty interesting to read. Thanks!

[mike]

Definitely not like reading a novel but... edit: added Jake's rec

[Snowbrushy]

[Snowbrushy]

[Jake]

It may be hard for you to find just what you are looking for, but here are a few suggestions: Seahb Siwash, by Leon L. Stock, The Tregedy of Leschi, by Ezra Meeker, The Canoe and The Saddle, by Theodore Winthop and edited by John H. Williams. On the east side of the mountains: Waiilatpu, It's rise and Fall, by Miles Cannon, the story of the Whitman massacre, Ka-Mi-akin, The Last Hero of the Yakimas, by A. J. Splawn, The Golden Woman, Edited by Anthony Mattina.