Two new books about the history of paper — both tell the same story, right? Well, not really, and, in their differences, the books reveal much about the writing and reading of history. Consider this ...
For decades, the Scott Paper Co. had a pulp mill on the edge of Anacortes. Its imposing figure and large, smelly steam clouds are a part of the city’s industrial history. A new exhibit at the Maritime ...
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BELLOWS FALLS — The brick walls of Robertson Paper Co. might have come down, but deciphering its history is still continuing. Two archaelogists are at work at the old paper mill site, one looking to ...
Kurlansky (Salt: A World History) yet again tackles world history via another object often taken for granted in modern society. In straightforward, no-nonsense prose, he traces the narrative of ...