Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1. Coming into Focus (1930s–1980s)
7. Northwest Gateway: The Story of the Port of Seattle 21
8. The Executioner Waits 31
9. Farthest Reach: Oregon and Washington 40
10. Annie Jordan: A Novel of Seattle 46
11. Long Old Road 49
12. How I Grew 55
13. Anybody Can Do Anything 59
14. Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle 65
15. Nisei Daughter 73
16. No-No Boy 80
17. Seattle, Past to Present 86
18. Digressions of a Native Son 91
19. The Real West Marginal Way: A Poet’s Autobiography 96
20. Part 2. Many Voices (1980s–1990s)
21. Still Life with Woodpecker 109
22. The Rainy City 115
23. Sisters of the Road 118
24. Seattle’s Son 122
25. The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest 127
26. Hunting Mr. Heartbreak: A Discovery of America 132
27. Black Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season 141
28. Emerald City: Third & Pike 147
29. Seattle and Vicinity 152
30. A Good Man 159