Start with high-confidence pacific northwest history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Astoria
Peter Stark
Seattle From the Margins
Megan Asaka
Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
Linda Carlson
Vigilante Newspapers
Gerald J. Baldasty
Hard Times in Paradise
William G. Robbins
The Final Forest
William Dietrich
Murderland
Caroline Fraser
Graveyard of the Pacific
Randall Sullivan
Exceptional Mountains
O. Alan Weltzien
Show Town
Holly George
Greater Portland
Carl Abbott
Portland in Three Centuries
Facing the World
Christopher P. Foss
Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest
Jan MacKell Collins
Shipwrecks of the Pacific Northwest
Jennifer Kozik
Big Book of Oregon Ghost Stories
Janice Oberding
Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Vine Deloria Jr., Steve Pavlik
Hidden History of Portland, Oregon
John D. Chandler, J.D. Chandler
Ancient Places
Jack Nisbet
