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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Consider putting your preconceptions of Billy Gohl’s story back on the shelf and immerse yourself in this compelling new read."
* The Daily World *
"[P]art whodunit mystery, part biography, and part case study of Grays Harbor’s itinerant workers and their labor movement...The Port of Missing Men makes major contributions to both local history and the larger story of industrial capitalism."
* Oregon Historical Quarterly *
"In this thoroughly researched study of Gohl's career and trial, Aaron Goings persuasively argues that the union activist was framed by Grays Harbor elites.... The Port of Missing Men illustrates how untruths can be repeated often enough to be widely believed, and difficult to dislodge.... [Goings's] laser-like focus on this isolated deindustrialized area...reveals the interconnections between business and political leaders at the local and state level and how they marshaled repressive tactics to silence Gohl, the IWW, and others."
-- Laurie Mercier * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *
"Goings smashes through the mythology to deliver a compelling and exciting story that is at once real crime and labor history."
* H-Net *
