The Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland

by Barney Blalock

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626194300
• ISBN13: 9781626194304
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"