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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest Paperback - 2010

by Nisbet, Jack

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  • Title The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
  • Author Nisbet, Jack
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA
  • Date 2010-08-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9781570616679
  • ISBN 9781570616679 / 1570616671
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 5.5 x 0.63 in (21.79 x 13.97 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
  • Library of Congress subjects Canada - Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific - Description and travel
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

Jack Nisbet is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific Northwest. His Sources of the River won the Murray Morgan Prize from the Washington State Historical Society. 

Media reviews

"Jack Nisbet’s brisk, thrilling accoun allows us to walk, ride, and paddle along with David Douglas, the tireless nineteenth-century Scotsman whose name is attached to Cascadia’s iconic fir. Nisbet takes us on the ultimate naturalist’s tour of a largely

Citations

  • Books & Culture, 11/01/2013, Page 41

About the author

JACK NISBET is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific Northwest. His books include Sources of the River (recipient of the Washington Governor's Award and winner of the Murray Morgan Prize from the Washington State Historical Society), The Mapmaker's Eye (named one of The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by The Seattle Times), and Visible Bones. He lives in Spokane, Washington.