<p><strong><em>Read!</em></strong> a firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of Seattle&rsquo;s founding residents! Political rivalries!<br />
Native tribe encounters!<br />
Devastating fire!</p><p><em><strong>Imagine!</strong></em> a Seattle of mud and trees and nary a single coffeehouse!</p><p><em><strong>Learn!</strong></em> just what it took to build a metropolis out of raw material and natural elements in an environment where nature reigns with a firm grip!</p><p>Arthur Denny&rsquo;s chronicle of events in the first days of Seattle and his later success as a businessman and politician, originally published in 1903, has found a place in the Rediscovery Editions library after decades of being unavailable.</p>