While the City Slept

An Excerpt from Eli Sanders's New Book, While the City Slept, Which Grew Out of His Pulitzer Prize–Winning Coverage of the South Park Murder Caseby Eli SandersOn old maps, the Duwamish River bends like discarded ribbon as it passes through a valley on the southern end of this city, winding across land that was once marshes and tribal fishing villages and then emptying into the salt water of Elliott Bay. Melt from nearby mountains carved this path, rich with salmon that fed the Duwamish Ind