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Let It Go, Louie, with over 200 pictures, is the story of early Croatian immigrants on Puget Sound. The book focuses on Bainbridge Island as representative of other communities that border the waters of the Pacific Northwest. In the book are tales of how Croatian immigrants helped each other survive and succeed. The families bought boats together and fished together, not only in local waters but up north in the dangerous Bering Sea and down south along the California coast. In wintertime, they often worked for boat-building companies. They shared the ups and downs of life, adjusted to a new world and held strongly to their Catholic faith. Although they kept many Old Country traditions, they were proud to be Americans.
Whether you are an immigrant history buff, or want to read personal stories of what it was like to live in Puget Sound in the early 1900s, or want to learn about fishing boat development or how to fish for salmon or catch sand dabs or mend a net or bake a Croatian Easter Cake, this book is for you.