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Coastal Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
• Elizabeth Horn
FIELD GUIDE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 179 PAGES
From British Columbia to northern California, this is a handy photo-identification guide to coastal shrubs and wildflowers. It's divided into five habitats and organized by plant family. With 200 photographs.
(PNW15, $14.00) |
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The Grandest of Lives, Eye to Eye With Whales
• Douglas H. Chadwick
NATURAL HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A group portrait of the humpback, northern bottlenose, blue whale, minke whale, and orca by a wildlife biologist and enthusiast. Charwick (The Fate of the Elephant) opens this appreciative book with his own eye-to-eye encounter with a humpback off the coast of Maui. He includes accounts of his many travels in the company of whale researchers.
(OCE100, $14.95) |
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Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest
• Eugene Kozloff
FIELD GUIDE •
1978 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
This convenient guide is an excellent single-volume introduction to the natural history of coastal Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Divided by habitat, it covers plant life in detail with some information on associated invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and a few mammals. With hundreds of color photographs of the flora and fauna of the region, this is an essential handbook for the serious naturalist and good browsing for those with a more casual interest.
(PNW10, $35.00) |
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Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
• Edward Malin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1994 •
PAPER
• 195 PAGES
This scholarly, inviting guide, featuring color and black-and-white photographs, is an excellent overview of coastal art of the Pacific Northwest from Tlingit in Alaska to Kwakiutl villages on Vancouver Island. A cultural anthropologist from Oregon, Malin has devoted his career to the art of the Pacific Northwest.
(PNW174, $21.95) |
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The Yuquot Whalers' Shrine
• Aldona Jonaitis
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1999 •
HARD COVER
A fascinating, scholarly study of the history and meaning of a striking assemblage of materials removed from Yuquot Cove on the west coast of Vancouver Island to the American Museum by George Hunt in 1905. The remarkable Mowachaht shrine, which had been acquired and admired by the influential Franz Boas, consists of 92 carved wooden figures and whales, 16 human skulls, and the small building that had sheltered the shrine since perhaps the 17th century. Jonaitis presents the correspondence with Boas, archival photographs, and research, including the controversy whether to repatriate the shrine for display in Yuquot.
(PNW107, $40.00) |
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Compass Guide Pacific Northwest
• John Doerper
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 372 PAGES
This compact book provides an excellent overview of the region (covering Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and the San Juan Islands), with particular emphasis on history and visitor attractions. Handsomely illustrated with color and archival photographs, it features literary excerpts, good maps and some practical travel information.
(PNW24, $22.95) |
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