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Captures vivid tales of the notorious B Street--seductive playground of the workers who built the Grand Coulee Dam-- written from the author's own personal experience as a young boy who lived there during those construction days, and tells, for the first time, the Indian side of the story.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Grand Coulee

1. Moccasin Telegraph

2. The Town Hall

3. Family Planning

4. B Street

5. Working Stiffs

6. Pretty Ladies

7. Woo Dip

8. Show Business

9. The China Man

10. Ceremony of Tears

Epilogue

Resources

About the Author

Lawney L. Reyes is the author of White Grizzly Bear's Legacy: Learning to be Indian and Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice.

Reviews

"This book offers a nice counterpart to drier stories of reclamation and is a quick read that would be suitable in classes on Native Studies, memory, biography, and history." (Oregon Historical Quarterly) "[Reyes] grieves for the tranquil and nature-bound culture of the Indian village but relates, in the voice of an excited child, his delight at watching life in a rip-roaring Western boomtown that everyone knew was temporary." (Seattle Times) "B Street is ultimately a profound testimony to the history and culture of the Indians whose way of life was overwhelmed with change through the creation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Highly recommended." (Midwest Bookwatch)