True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula [Paperback]

A magnificent landscape of rugged peaks, impenetrable rainforest and wild coastlines, Washingtons Olympic Peninsula makes a perfect setting for the unexpected.Dive into the stories of pioneers who created wealth and celebrity out of threadbare beginnings and immigrants who found fleeting success in Port Townsend. Discover the unsavory methods of land-grabber Daniel Pullen, who became indirectly responsible for the creation of the Quileute Reservation, and the rumrunning escapades of Claude Alexander Conlin, magician and con man.Author Carol Turner shares tales of daring and desperation amid the remote towns and beautiful scenery of the Olympic Peninsula.

Carol Turner is the author ofScoundrels of the Salish Sea,Forgotten Heroes and Villains of Sand Creek,The Trouble with Heather Hollowayand other books. She was educated at Sonoma State University and Bennington College. She lives in Port Angeles, Washington, with two spoiled greyhounds.

A magician, a famous author?and a land thief