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The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage
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The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures) Paperback - 1991

by Egan, Timothy

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The Seattle correspondent for The New York Times ranges through the Pacific Northwest--from the salmon fisheries and logging camps to the used-up "resource towns" and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver--in this exemplary blend of history, geology, anthropology, and politics. A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award winner.

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Vintage. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
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  • Title The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures)
  • Author Egan, Timothy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1991-12-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # U05L-00560
  • ISBN 9780679734857 / 0679734856
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.99 x 5.18 x 0.57 in (20.29 x 13.16 x 1.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
  • Library of Congress subjects Northwest, Pacific - Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91050028
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.5

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From the jacket flap

A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.

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About the author

Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of eight books, including The Immortal Irishman, a New York Times Bestseller. His book on the Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time, won a National Book Award for nonfiction and was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, a New York Times Notable Book, a Washington State Book Award winner, and a Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book. He writes a weekly opinion column for the New York Times.