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60 color photos 241 color drawings 6 x 9
"Excellent chapters on geology, vegetation, and wildlife."-Backpacker
"A friendly guide to one of the most spectacular places on Earth."-Outdoor Photographer
The ecosystems within Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state are diverse- from subalpine meadow to old-growth forest-and support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Mount Rainier describes and illustrates in full color each of these plant and animal species and explores the park's geological history, land use issues, native people, and past explorers-at once a traveler's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular and extraordinary national parks.
George Wuerthner has written more than 20 books including Grand Canyon: A Visitor's Companion and Olympic: A Visitor's Companion (see below). He lives in Eugene, Oregon. Natural science illustrator Douglas W. Moore lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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On a clear day, from almost anywhere in the southern end of the Puget Sound lowlands, you can see Mount Rainier floating like a cloud above the Cascades, almost too grand, too splendid, too ethereal to be made of ordinary materials like rock and ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breeding resident, brown hack, subalpine meadows, white wing bars, avalanche chutes, mid elevations, understory species, water shrew, erect shrub, mountain heather, whitebark pine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Rainier, Pacific Northwest, White River, Van Trump, Carbon River, Puget Sound, Park Service, North America, Stevens Canyon, Forest Service, United States, Spray Park, Camp Muir, Cascade Range, Mount Baker, Nisqually Glacier, Ohanapecosh River, State Route, Emmons Glacier, Native Americans, Pacific Ocean, Paradise Meadows, Tatoosh Range, Wonderland Trail, James Longmire New!
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On a clear day, from almost anywhere in the southern end of the Puget Sound lowlands, you can see Mount Rainier floating like a cloud above the Cascades, almost too grand, too splendid, too ethereal to be made of ordinary materials like rock and ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breeding resident, brown hack, subalpine meadows, white wing bars, avalanche chutes, mid elevations, understory species, water shrew, erect shrub, mountain heather, whitebark pine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Rainier, Pacific Northwest, White River, Van Trump, Carbon River, Puget Sound, Park Service, North America, Stevens Canyon, Forest Service, United States, Spray Park, Camp Muir, Cascade Range, Mount Baker, Nisqually Glacier, Ohanapecosh River, State Route, Emmons Glacier, Native Americans, Pacific Ocean, Paradise Meadows, Tatoosh Range, Wonderland Trail, James Longmire New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (Highlights from American History) by Sanna Porte Kiesling on page 114, and page 141
- River Valley (People and Environments) by Robert Low on page 6, and page 7
- North America (Countries: Faces and Places) by Bob Temple on page 2
- The Oregon Trail by The Learning Company on page 14
- John Muir (The Wisconsin Experience) by Carole Marsh on page 201
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