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BACKROADS
San Juan Islands
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPNW192) |
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Moon Handbook San Juan Islands
• Don Pitcher
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to the San Juan Islands with a focus on outdoor activities. Kayakers, bikers, hikers and whale-watchers especially will appreciate this guide in the Moon series.
(PNW130, $17.99) |
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The Island Within
• Richard Nelson
EXPLORATION •
1991 •
PAPER
• 284 PAGES
A beautifully written tribute to the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from the author's journals, this is an account of the natural and cultural history of an island in the waters of Haida Strait, focusing on geology, marine life, wildlife, habitats and Koyukon heritage. Much in the tradition of Barry Lopez, the author focuses on the relationship between people and the land.
(ALA17, $17.00) |
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Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest
• Katharine Berry Judson
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 204 PAGES
First published in 1910 and with a new introduction by Jay Miller, this book collects the oral traditions of the Klamath, Nez Perce, Modoc, Chinook and other tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Presented here with 52 photographs, the stories reveal myths and traditions of the creation of the universe, rebirth of the salmon and, most interestingly, the formation of noted geographical features of the territory. It's a wonderful introduction to the traditional mindset and importance of the land to Native Americans of the region.
(PNW17, $14.95) |
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San Juan Islands Map
• Great Pacific Map Company
MAP
A detailed, double-sided rercreational map and guide to the San Juan Islands with a map of the islands at a scale of 1:70,000 on the front and additional town maps and travel information on the reverse. Two Sides. 36x24 inches.
(PNW68, $6.95) |
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Also Recommended
Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory, The Archaeology of San Juan Island
• Julie Stein
• HISTORY
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An introduction and guide to San Juan Island National Historic Park and its archaeological sites. With color illustrations of sites and artifacts, topographical maps and drawings.
(PNW172, $18.95)
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Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
• Hilary Stewart
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A concise, illustrated overview of the diverse art produced by the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. It focuses on the spiritual and cultural meaning of common motifs that characterize the rich art of the area.
(PNW06, $17.95)
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First Fish, First People, Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim
• Meg McHutchinson
• Judith Roche
• One Reel
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of native voices from Pacific shores, all remembering the salmon. It's a lovely book, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and made more poignant by the salmon's decline in the coastal regions.
(PNW116, $24.95)
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Snow Falling on Cedars
• David Guterson
• LITERATURE
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A beautifully wrought, extremely evocative novel set on San Piedro Island in Puget Sound in the 1950s. Readers are rewarded not only with some fine storytelling and beautiful prose, but also with a vivid glimpse of island life.
(PNW52, $15.00)
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Field Guide to the Orca
• Chuck Flaherty
• David G. Gordon
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This pocket book in the Sasquatch Field Guide series is a brief introduction of the ecology, natural history and conservation of the Orca.
(BST06, $6.95)
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The Good Rain
• Timothy Egan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A wonderfully readablet portrait of the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle journalist travels along the Columbia River in the footsteps of 1853 visionary Theodore Winthrop, focusing on the history, people and natural resources.
(PNW11, $14.95)
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The Presence of Whales, Contemporary Writers on the Whale
• Frank Stewart
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this well chosen series of essays, some of our best modern writers enlighten and entertain on the subject of whales, with pieces from Roger Payne, Diane Ackerman, and Barry Lopez.
(BST02, $15.95)
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The Rogue: Portrait of a River
• Roger Dorband
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Dorband's large-format color photographs of the Rogue capture the grandeur and beauty of this wild and scenic river. With quotations by western writer Zane Grey and a forward by Oregon's governor John Kitzhaber.
(PNW234, $49.95)
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A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics
• Stephen Whitney
• FIELD GUIDE
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Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from a painted lady, all with the help of this comprehensive guide to the 600 species of common plants and animals of the region.
(PNW20, $21.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest.
(PNW50, $19.95)
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Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast, An Illustrated Guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington & British Columb
• Eugene Kozloff
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide and handbook to nearshore marine life from British Columbia to San Mateo, California.
(PNW60, $29.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird.
(USW418, $19.95)
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Wild Plants of the San Juan Islands
• Scott Atkinson
• Fred Sharpe
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide to flowers, mosses, shrubs, grasses, trees and wild areas of the islands, illustrated with line drawings. More than 190 species are thoroughly described.
(PNW18, $14.95)
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