Peter Donahue: 6 books

PETER DONAHUE’S DEBUT NOVEL MADISON HOUSE, which won the Langum Prize for Historical Fiction 2005, chronicles turn-of-the-century Seattle’s explosive transformation from frontier outpost to major metropolis. Maddie Ingram, owner of Madison House, and her quirky and endearing boarders find their lives...

A strong focus on regionalism and on imagery of Olympic Peninsula landmarks appeals to residents of the Pacific Northwest and to readers seeking the familiar, welcoming nature of small towns. Each novella evokes a sense of nostalgia through its historical setting and studied attention to relevant topics...

Seattle, with its spectacular natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology spans seven decades and includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting, imparting the flavor of the city through a...

"Love lasteth long as the money endureth." "The money paid, the work delayed." "Gentlemen prefer bonds." Rich with hundreds of quotations on currency, greed, wealth, and poverty, this original anthology draws upon the Bible, proverbs, and observations by Confucius, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin,...

An equal-opportunity pastime, poker is played everywhere from country clubs to penitentiaries and has even developed into a spectator sport. In this entertaining gift book for poker fanatics and students of American vernacular, a cultural historian and slang authority offers a compendium of traditional...

Volume 33 of Theatre History Studies explores war. War is a paradox—horrifying and compelling, galvanizing and devastating, a phenomenon that separates and decimates while at the same time creating and strengthening national identity and community bonds. War is the stuff of great drama.   War and...