Wildsam Seattle weaves together the salty, misty past of Gold Rush hustlers and jet-building dreams with a modern metropolis intimately linked to the outdoors. Inside you’ll find stories from deep-sea fishermen, artists, entrepreneurs, kayak builders, grunge record producers and the leader of the Indigenous nation at the heart of Seattle history.

SEATTLE STORIES,
TRAVEL INTEL & MODERN LORE INCLUDING:

• Interviews with a tavern owner, a commercial fisherman, a record producer, a tarot reader, a former police chief, a museum founder, a choreographer and more

• Expert picks for contemporary art, indie record shops, fish markets, bookstores, breweries and neighborhood cafes

• In the city of Starbucks, we map out the best espresso spots, coffee roasters and barista intel

• We chart out the towns and archipelagoes of the Salish Sea, linked by ferries in this maritime city

• Archival history about Pike Place Market, Nirvana, octopus wrestling, oyster varieties, crows, billionaires and more

• How to understand and experience the indigenous heritage of Puget Sound and Seattle

• Original essays from Brooke Jarvis, Kit Bakke and Bess Lovejoy, plus excerpted writing from Charles D’Ambrosio and Jourdan Imani Keith

• Essential intel that opens up the city, from the Wildsam-curated record collection and reading list, to a deep-dive into neighborhood profiles and beloved businesses, to urban landmarks and green spaces

ILLUSTRATOR

JORDAN KAY

Jordan is an award-winning freelance illustrator based in Seattle, previously a senior designer at Starbucks Global Creative Studio. Her design clients include Amazon, Food52, Bonobos, Vox, SeattleMet Magazine and Canlis, among many others.

“Out in the Far Corner, ringed with water, Seattle is a destined gateway. A ‘crossing-over place’ for the Indigenous peoples before colonialism. The staging ground for Klondike prospectors. A hinge between the West and the Pacific World.”

- THE EDITORS

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