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"Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Liebowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs,...
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Sasquatch Books
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"The story of the land in the Northwest flows from the cataclysmic ice-age floods. So it only follows that the stories of the people in this terrain are inextricably linked to the aftereffects of that great deluge. These are the genesis stories of a region. Included are the controversy over the provenance and ownership of a meteor that fell to earth in rural Oregon; the mystery of the aurora borealis as observed by 18th-century explorer David Thompson;...
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For the aging baby boomer who likes to walk but not too much, this day-hiking guide is filled with kinder, gentler trails throughout Washington State. The book's 100 trails are divided into 11 regions, including the Olympic Peninsula, Mount Rainier National Park, and Southeastern Washington. There's also a section on urban strolls.
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Presents basic information about Washington, including important cities, fun facts, and places of interest.
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Mountaineers Books
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TwoDot
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2015.
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"Tales of intrigue include unusual unsolved crimes, legends of lost treasure, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, author Lynn Bragg recounts myths and legends from Washington's past, verifying some tales and exposing others for what may have really occurred"--Provided by publisher.
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This updated edition of Hiking Olympic National Park features sixty-eight of the finest trails in and around the park plus additional trails throughout northwest Washington. These trails provide a full spectrum of recreation opportunities, from short strolls to strenuous backpacking trips that penetrate the heart of the mountains. Veteran trail guide and author Erik Molvar provides all the information you need to experience the glacier-clad spires...
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University of Washington Press
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The Pacific Northwest abounds with native plants that bring beauty to the home garden while offering food and shelter to birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Elegant trilliums thrive in woodland settings. Showy lewisias stand out in the rock garden. Hazel and huckleberry number among the delights of early spring, while serviceberry and creek dogwood provide a riot of fall color. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest is the...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 173
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University of Oklahoma Press
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©1986
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Historical information concerning Indian tribes located in the Pacific Northwest. Major tribes described include the Cathlamet, Cowlitz, Klamath, Lummi, Nez Perce, Paiute, Puyallup, Shoshoni, Spokane, (Spokan), Suquamish, Tillamook.
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Shafer Historical Museum
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Lost Homeland gives voices to the compelling, little-known story of how the Methow Indians of North Central Washington lost their homeland. Unbeknownst to them, the United States placed their aboriginal territory into the Columbia Reservation in 1879 at the urging of Sinkayuse-Columbia Chief Moses, who had no right to speak for the Methow.Four years later, as pressure grew to open the region's Indian lands to white settlement, the enormous Columbia...
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The lore of the harvest is the keynote of Brumfield's presentation. He approaches this vast subject with considerable facility lifting farming right out of the soil into fascinating history, with accent on the Northwest. Wheat in the Northwest? Yes, it's all here, acres of it in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, all graded and sacked.
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Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest guides you through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, relating the hidden history of long-gone soldiers, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential, guidebook to the historic remains of centuries past includes maps, town histories, color photographs, and detailed directions. Plan your road trips by chapter-each chapter covers a geographic area and town entries...
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It's only human to be fascinated by disasters-and uplified by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances. Rob and Natalie McNair-Huff take you back to Washington's most catastrophic events, vividly re-creating the moments that changed the Evergreen State forever. The twenty-two true stories in Washington Disasters are a chilling reminder to expect the unexpected and to respect the powerful, often deadly forces of nature.
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