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Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place

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Sky Time in Grays River is an elegant meditation on life in the rural Northwest. Although Robert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist and southwestern Washington is notable for its lack of butterflies, something about the village of Grays River spoke to him on a visit thirty years ago. Ever since then he has lived in the village, one of the first to be established near the mouth of the Columbia River and only tenuously connected to the world of the twenty-first century. Sky Time brings Grays River to life by compressing those thirty years into twelve chapters, following the lives of the people, plants, and animals month by month through the seasons.

Through his story of how the village has changed his life, Pyle illustrates how a special place can transform anyone lucky enough to find it. He shows that you dont have to travel far to see something new every day — if you know how to look.

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About the Author

ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE is the author of fourteen books, including Chasing Monarchs, Where Bigfoot Walks, and Wintergreen, which won the John Burroughs Medal. A Yale-trained ecologist and a Guggenheim fellow, he is a full-time writer living in southwestern Washington.

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ISBN:
9780618919796
Author:
Pyle, Robert
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Author:
Pyle, Robert Michael
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Regional Subjects - West
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
General Nature
Subject:
Biography-Literary
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20080131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8 x 5 in 0.48 lb
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