New on WNW: How a Fashion Trend Led to a Bloodbath—And How it Was Stopped

A new post on WritingtheNorthwest.com looks at the tragic slaughter caused by the late-19th C fashion trend of women wearing feathers and even whole birds on their hats.

Focused on Oregon’s beautiful Malheur wildlife refuge, the post is titled, “How a Fashion Trend Led to an Eastern Oregon Bloodbath–and How It Was Stopped.”

A local family with their harvest of swans. Image from the Friends of Malheur website.
Image from the Portland Community College website.

You can read it here: https://writingthenorthwest.com/?p=753

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Michael N. McGregor

Michael N. McGregor is the author of Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax, The Last Grand Tour, and An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life.

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