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Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoodsby Laura O. Foster
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Portland Hill Walks is no ordinary guidebook. No restaurant ratings, no rehashed explanations of how the city got its name. Instead, in twenty meandering, view-studded strolls from forested canyons to cityscape peaks, this lively travelogue answers questions you may never have thought to ask, such as:
From Our Staff:There is so much more to a city — this city at least — than its downtown streets, shiny new architecture, and glut of soulless, megacorporate restaurants and stores. These latter, for the most part, are little more than suburban fugitives feeding off the largely indiscriminate tourist population and their disposable incomes. To really experience the city, one must explore its streets, trails, and stairs on foot; at the scale and pace in which it was envisioned, designed, and built. Laura Foster's Portland Hill Walks highlights 20 of these experiences, with accompanying information and history that you won't find in any other guide. Review:"Portland Hill Walks is an excellent guidebook celebrating Portland's landscapes and neighborhoods. Laura Foster's detailed walks cover every landscape and every section of the city....Foster details Portland history and offers anecdotes on some of the more colorful residents of Portland's past, setting Portland Hill Walks apart from ordinary guidebooks." The Oregonian Review:"...an excellent guidebook celebrating Portland's landscapes and neighborhoods. Laura Foster's detailed walks cover every landscape and every section of the city." The Oregonian Review:"Portland, Oregon offers wonderful views and fascinating places that await discovery....[T]he exciting terrain of Portland presents Foster with rich possibilities as she leads walkers around and through landscapes sure to keep even the most adventurous spirit happily engaged in exploration...Foster makes each entry come alive with historical background and keenly drawn observations." Booklist Review:"It's the little nuggets of history and mystery...Foster includes in each route that transform this book from a mere collection of local maps to a guidebook that leads readers and walkers into the weave of the fabric that makes Portland one of the most livable — and loved — cities in the country." Commerce: The Business of Oregon Building Synopsis:Explore Portland, Oregon's city streets, stairs, trails, and hidden passageways to discover stories and the spirit of a city rated among the country's most livable places. Includes 20 view-studded strolls from forested canyons to cityscape peaks. About the AuthorLaura O. Foster is an author and editor who specializes in writing about one of her great passions: Portland, Oregon. She also writes children's nonfiction books, including the award-winning Boys Who Rocked the World, and works as a freelance book editor. As a teenager, she left the Illinois prairie for the mountains of Wyoming, where she worked in Yellowstone National Park. It was there she discovered the joys of hill walking. After several years hiking and biking in the mountains of Colorado and Tennessee, Laura moved to Portland in 1989, where she found pedestrian nirvana: a city where you can combine a hike, a brewpub, and a bookstore in one afternoon jaunt. Like old European cities, it's possible to do all this in the space of a single afternoon walkabout, and she finds it remarkable to be able to do all three without driving. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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