The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest

by Aaron Goings

Book Overview

A compelling biography of the Ghoul of Grays Harbor

In the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the "floater fleet." When Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a powerful union official, was arrested for murder, local newspapers were quick to suggest that he was responsible for many of those deaths, perhaps even dozens--thus launching the legend of the Ghoul of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295751207
• ISBN13: 9780295751207
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher