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Rising from a Forest Mist or Soaring Overhead in parks and museums, magnificent cedar totem poles have captured the attention and imagination of visitors to Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska. Discovering Totem Poles is the first guidebook to focus on the complex and fascinating histories of the specific poles visitors encounter in Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), Ketchikan,...