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Paperback The Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland Book

ISBN: 1626194300

ISBN13: 9781626194304

The Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland

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In the hardscrabble early days of Portland's seaport, shanghaiing" or "crimping" ran rampant. The proprietors of crooked saloons and sailors' boardinghouses coerced unwitting patrons to work on commercial ships. Shanghaiers like James Turk, Bunko Kelley and Billy Smith unashamedly forced men into service and stole the wages of their victims. By the 1890s, these shanghaiers had become powerful enough to influence the politics of Astoria and Portland,...

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