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Northwest Passages: A Literary Anthology of the Pacific Northwest from Coyote Tales to Roadside Attractions Paperback – January 1, 1994

by Bruce Barcott (Editor)

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Includes short pieces and excerpts from longer works by such authors as Rudyard Kipling, Chief Joseph, Jack Kerouac, Theodore Roethke, and Raymond Carver

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Chronologically arranged, this collection of pieces about the Pacific Northwest includes selections by Native Americans, explorers, pioneers, and contemporary writers-not necessarily from the Pacific Northwest. From Bunyan and Kipling to Steinbeck and Stegner, well-known writers with strong ties to other regions are excerpted here. Seattle journalist Barcott includes a number of Northwest writers (Monica Sone, Ursula Le Guin, Ken Kesey), but, unfortunately, he omits many others, such as Ingrid Wendt, Lawson Inada, and Oregon's late poet laureate, William Stafford; his emphasis seems to be more on the Northwest place than the Northwest voice. Libraries might prefer anthologies with more emphasis on regional writers, such as the four-volume Oregon Literature Series (Oregon State Univ. Pr., 1993).
Mary Margaret Benson, Linfield Coll. Lib., McMinnville, Ore.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Print length

329 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Sasquatch Books
Publication date

January 1, 1994
Dimensions

6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-10

1570610053
ISBN-13

978-1570610059
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sasquatch Books; 1wst edition (January 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 329 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1570610053
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1570610059
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches

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Bruce Barcott

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Bruce Barcott is a Guggenheim Fellow in nonfiction and an award-winning author who writes about science, the environment, and the outdoor world. His new book, Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America,will be published by Time Books in April 2015. For the past 15 years Barcott's science and environmental writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Outside Magazine, and other national publications. His previous books include The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw; The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier; and Northwest Passages. He lives on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, with his wife, author Claire Dederer.

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Zia Dina

Whenever I need a reminder of the beauty and history and love of literature that exists there

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014

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I lived in a small town on the Olympic Peninsula for a year--loved it. Whenever I need a reminder of the beauty and history and love of literature that exists there, I pick up this book and dip into any page. It all comes back. Wonderful book. Recommend it.

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Jennifer Wilder

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If you love Washington and the Northwest, this is your book. A classic.

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2010

I absolutely loved this collection. Editor Barcott does a great job introducing each era of Northwest writing covered in this book, then gives an interesting background about each author as a prelude to their excerpted work. I now have an expansive list of books to read from authors I encountered in this anthology!

I appreciate that so many disparate authors and subjects were brought together so eloquently here. From Indian creation stories and early Indian/European encounters to life in Seattle in modern times, it's all here. I think the length is just about right also. Too many books labor their point, whereas this one ends just as you've had your fill of rugged individuals and the tough landscape they occupy. I definitely found myself wishing for another chapter from some of the excerpts (such as "The Second Missouri Compromise"), which is what any good work of art should do--leave 'em wanting more!

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Conservatif

Exactly what I was looking for

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2009

The editorial review above faults this anthology for including writers not from or living in the Northwest, and including instead writers from elsewhere writing about the Northwest. I disagree with this criticism. This book is an exposition of place, and is focused on the place, not the writers who live here. If you want to better understand what this place is, where we are and how we got here, this book addresses that perfectly. I got this book because I wanted a better understanding of the region where I was born, grew up, and love so much, and it gave me exactly that.

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