Ancient Places
People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest
Blue Star Press · Print & ebook · August 2, 2016
From a master of regional and natural history comes a collection of essays that reveals how the Pacific Northwest shaped the people—and how the people shaped the land Drawing on a range of personal research, author Jack Nisbet engages some of the iconic images in Northwest history: from fossil riches to ice age floods; from the Willamette Meteorite to the 1872 Earthquake; from up-and-down mining cycles to steady rounds of tribal food gathering.
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- Who it’s for
- Essays trace the Pacific Northwest’s deep time through landmarks, natural forces, and human ties to place.
- Themes
- People and landscape, Pacific Northwest history, Natural history
- Genres
- Pacific Northwest History, Geology, Nature Writing
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From a master of regional and natural history comes a collection of essays that reveals how the Pacific Northwest shaped the people—and how the people shaped the land Drawing on a range of personal research, author Jack Nisbet engages some of the iconic images in Northwest history: from fossil riches to ice age floods; from the Willamette Meteorite to the 1872 Earthquake; from up-and-down mining cycles to steady rounds of tribal food gathering.
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Although the scale of time and space in some of the pieces is immense, individual characters still manage to leave their marks; even though the force of modern civilization sometimes seems overwhelming, small places and their key components somehow persevere. These are the genesis stories of a region. In Ancient Places, Jack Nisbet uncovers touchstones across the Pacific Northwest that reveal the symbiotic relationship of people and place in this corner of the world.
People and Place
Essays trace the Pacific Northwest’s deep time through landmarks, natural forces, and human ties to place.
Come here for
- Fossils, ice-age floods, mining cycles, and tribal food gathering
Expect
- Essays moving between immense natural timescales and small places that endure
Where it sits
| Pacific Northwest History | 89% |
|---|---|
| Geology | 76% |
| Nature Writing | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pacific Northwest History
- Nature Writing
- Coasts & Shorelines
- Authors
- Jack Nisbet
- Publisher
- Blue Star Press
- Published
- August 2, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- People and landscape · Pacific Northwest history · Natural history
- Reading lane
- Pacific Northwest History