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Phantom Waters: Northwest Legends of Rivers, Lakes, and Shores

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This is a relatively nice collection of short stories from the Pacific Northwest, from Native American myths to more recent legends. On their own, most of the stories are interesting, with a few that are really captivating and compelling. However, since Salmonson took the literary license to re-work most of them, she could have done a better job in creating some kind of common tread between them all. Thus, the book is a bit dissappointing. The most interesting part are the notes and commentaries at the end which provide some background on the various myths and legends Salmonson used to write the book.