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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting.
I loved this book! I wish it was available for Kindle so I could keep a copy around, the only copy I've ever found was in the library. It's a nice "social history of weather" as the blurb puts it. I found it engaging, and not nearly as dry as I expected for a book about weather.
Published 4 months ago by Vai
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Just OK
This book is OK as a brief overview of northwest weather, including historical accounts by early explorers and a review of local writers whose work has featured the weather. However, I felt there was too much of the author's own reaction to the weather and too many excerpts from his personal weather diary. And there are much better accounts of the notorious storms and...
Published 23 months ago by Sarah D. Campbell
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting.,
By Vai (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rains All the Time: A Connoisseur's History of Weather in the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)
I loved this book! I wish it was available for Kindle so I could keep a copy around, the only copy I've ever found was in the library.
It's a nice "social history of weather" as the blurb puts it. I found it engaging, and not nearly as dry as I expected for a book about weather.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just OK,
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This review is from: Rains All the Time: A Connoisseur's History of Weather in the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)
This book is OK as a brief overview of northwest weather, including historical accounts by early explorers and a review of local writers whose work has featured the weather. However, I felt there was too much of the author's own reaction to the weather and too many excerpts from his personal weather diary. And there are much better accounts of the notorious storms and the mechanics of the weather in the Pacific Northwest (e.g., The Weather of the Pacific Northwest by Cliff Mass).
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Rains All the Time: A Connoisseur's History of Weather in the Pacific Northwest by David Laskin (Paperback - Oct. 1997)
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