Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village [Paperback]

Willard R. Espy (Author), Earl Thollander (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

"Oysterville" is the magnificently told tales of four families who settled up and down the East Coast of America three centuries ago and subsequently migrated west, eventually arriving at the tiny settlement of Oysterville on the Pacific coast in the territory of Washington.

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"Ordinariness and eccentricity, faults and virtues -- Espy gives all their due -- and a group of three-dimensional characters emerges against the backdrop of wars, westward treks, and everyday efforts to survive....[Espy] is an amiable chronicler of his own intimate chapter of American history". -- Newsweek

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Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: University of Washington Press; Universtiy of Washington Press paperback ed edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295972254
• ISBN-13: 978-0295972251
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,280,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History of the founding of Oysterville, Washington, January 23, 1998

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This review is from: Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village (Paperback)

Terrific book by Washington-born Willard Espy of the Espy family who founded Oysterville. A wonderful, moving account of the Espy ancestors homesteading in the Columbia River Valley. Lush with detail. Not to be missed!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remembering What's Been Lost, March 11, 2007

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This review is from: Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village (Paperback)

Oysterville is now a tiny village on the Long Beach peninsula in Washington state, but at one time it was a classic boomtown. Mr. Espy is a superb writer, and this book is a tribute to his family and indeed all pioneers.