New book from WSU Press delves into past Palouse books

Written to spark interest and celebrate the Northwest’s literary heritage, a new essay collection, “Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington’s Lost Literary Legacy,” has just been published by Washington State University Press.

Author Peter Donahue hopes readers will share his delight in these early novels, memoirs and poems about the Northwest.

Based on his long-running Retrospective Review column in the Washington State Historical Society journal 'Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History,' Donahue’s new book includes literary criticism, history and biography.

He combines reappraisals of...