Hard Times in Paradise, Coos Bay, Oregon, 1850-1986
by William G. Robbins
copyright 1988 University of Washington Press, Seattle and London ISBN 0-295-96616-5
1.Poor Man's Paradise; 2. An Empire Itself; 3. The "Big Mill" and Its World; 4. Logging the Coos Timber
5. Getting By; 6. Surviving the Great Depression; 7. The Second World War; 8. Lumber Capital of the World
9. timber Forever; 10. Bosses and Workers; 11. Hard Times and Survivors; Post Mortem: Reflections on the Present Condition
Notes listing references plus Index
some photos with explanations