Empire of Trees, by Hal Calbom

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isionaries, gamblers, and evangelists — they would build the world’s largest sawmill, a planned city, and a new American path to the Pacific.

Hal Calbom Empire of Trees

A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING CRR PRESS

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Introducing

EMPIRE OF TREES

BY HAL CALBOM

America’s Planned City and the Last Frontier

Hal Calbom recounts the founding of a remarkable city in the far reaches of the wild Pacific Northwest.

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Historical photos courtesy of Longview Public Library

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owever isolated Longview was, thanks to its huge ambitions and aggressive promotion,

the whole world would watch its birth and development.

Empire of Trees

Brett Renville photo

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A refreshing take on the story of Longview, then and now.”

Michael O. Perry, author Dispatches from the Discovery Trail

people+ place then and now Judy VanderMaten photo

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Then and Now ...

Empire of Trees tells the tale of two cities – a grand utopia built on a harvest of trees and transformed by events and ingenuity. ... a different way of seeing.

Empire of Trees Centennial Edition $50

• 244 pages • Signed and gift-boxed • Author interview • More than 225 photos

www.crreader.com/crrpress Hal Calbom is a five-time Emmy Award winning photojournalist. He writes the monthly “People+Place” feature for Columbia River Reader. A graduate of R.A. Long High School in Longview, Washington, and Harvard College, he lives in Seattle.

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