{"product_id":"trying-home-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-anarchist-utopia-on-puget-sound-paperback","title":"Trying Home: The Rise and Fall of an Anarchist Utopia on Puget Sound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Wadland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The true story of an anarchist colony on a remote Puget Sound peninsula, \u003ci\u003eTrying Home\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history of Home, Washington, from its founding in 1896 to its dissolution amid bitter infighting in 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a practical experiment in anarchism, Home offered its participants a rare degree of freedom and tolerance in the Gilded Age, but the community also became notorious to the outside world for its open rejection of contemporary values. Using a series of linked narratives, \u003ci\u003eTrying Home \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the stories of the iconoclastic individuals who lived in Home, among them Lois Waisbrooker, an advocate of women's rights and free love, who was arrested for her writings after the assassination of President McKinley; Jay Fox, editor of The Agitator, who defended his right to free speech all the way to the Supreme Court; and Donald Vose, a young man who grew up in Home and turned spy for a detective agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Justin Wadland weaves his own discovery of Home--and his own reflections on the concept of home--into the story, setting the book apart from a conventional history. After discovering the newspapers published in the colony, Wadland ventures beyond the documents to explore the landscape, travelling by boat along the steamer route most visitors once took to the settlement. He visits Home to talk with people who live there now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Trying Home will fascinate scholars and general readers alike, especially those interested in the history of the Pacific Northwest, utopian communities, and anarchism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Wadland works as a librarian at the University of Washington Tacoma Library. He holds an MLIS from the University of Washington and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University. His reviews and creative writing have appeared in \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Creek Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. After growing up in Michigan and Vermont, he now lives with his wife and two sons in Tacoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Washington State Book Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758110408992,"sku":"9780870717420","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c86cb019e1686b5174a4892b7b86d4e4.webp?v=1780118278","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/trying-home-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-anarchist-utopia-on-puget-sound-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}