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Washington: The Olympic Peninsula   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $41, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPNW234)
 
Moon Spotlight Olympic Peninsula  •  Ericka Chickowski
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 100 PAGES
This compact practical guide, with maps, covers where to go and what to do on the Washington State's 6,500 square mile Olympic Peninsula. (PNW250, $8.95)
  Moon Spotlight Olympic Peninsula
Olympic National Park Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh
FIELD GUIDE •  2007 •  PLASTIC CARD
Slip this into your daypack: a handy, laminated fold-up card featuring 140 birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. (PNW216, $5.95)
  Olympic National Park Wildlife
The Egg and I  •  Betty MacDonald
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2008 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES
A classic account of raising chickens and children in the 1940s on a dilapidated 40-acre farm on the rainy, remote Olympic Peninsula. (PNW51, $13.99)
  The Egg and I
Olympic National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated
MAP
A durable, fold-up topographic map of Olympic National Park, shown at a scale of 1:100,000. Printed in full color on both sides of tearproof, water resistant tyvek. The map shows contours, trails, campgrounds, rivers, lakes and coastlines. Key GPS waypoints are indicated. Published by Trails Illusrtated in assocaition with the National Park Service. Two Sides. 38x25 inches. (PNW63, $11.95)
  Olympic National Park Map



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Olympic National Park, A Natural History  •  Tim McNulty   • HISTORY  •  McNulty weaves tales of history, conservation and nature in this personable portrait of the region. (USW595, $24.95)
 
 
Winter Brothers, A Season at the Edge of America  •  Ivan Doig   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Novelist Ivan Doig quotes extensively from the 19th century settler in the Olympic Peninsula, James Gilchrist Swans, in this tale of frontier life. (PNW57, $16.95)
 
 
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest  •  Katharine Berry Judson   • LITERATURE  •  Presented here with 52 photographs, these traditional stories, first collected in 1910, reveal myths and traditions of creation, alongside noted geographical features of the territory. (PNW17, $14.95)
 
 
West of Here  •  Jonathan Evison   • LITERATURE  •  In this atmospheric novel, set in the fictional town of Port Bonita on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, Evison masterfully alternates between the late 19th century and the present with environmental issues, historical events and a host of memorable characters. (PNW283, $24.95)
 
 
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The Olympic Peninsula, The Grace and the Grandeur  •  Mike Sedam   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A collection of photography that captures the diverse natural beauty of the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park. (USW420, $29.95)
 
 
A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics  •  Stephen Whitney   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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