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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsNorthwest Passage: The Great Columbia Riverby William Dietrich
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"Dietrich's measures, thoughtful book views the Columbia through a successoin of different lenses--as a bountiful fishery for the Indians, as a snag-ridden and nearly impassable highway for the early white explorers, as a hugely powerful manufacturer of hydroelectricity, as a source of irrigation for farmers, as the town drain for the mining and nuclear weapons industries. His Columbia is really a woven braid of the many rivers of the fisherman, the farmer, the engineer, the towboat operator, the explorer, the industrialist." -Jonathan Raban, author of Old Glory
"A wonderful, disturbing and though-provoking history of the Columbia River, Northwest Passage is a remarkable book, first of all in its scope and complexity. Here is a fine blend of natural history, of human history, and of political history." -Washington Post Book World "An engaging case study of a whole bundle of environmental and social issues (pollution, hydropower politics, Indian rights, resource economics) that should matter to people all over the country." -New York Times Book Review Review:"Dietrich's measured, thoughtful book views the Columbia through a succession of different lenses — as a bountiful fishery for the Indians, as a snag-ridden and nearly impassable highway for the early white explorers, as a hugely powerful manufacturer of hydroelectricity, as a source of irrigation for farmers, as the town drain for the mining and nuclear weapons industries. His Columbia is really a woven braid of the many rivers of the fisherman, the farmer, the engineer, the towboat operator, the explorer, the industrialist." Jonathan Raban, author of Old Glory
Review:"A wonderful, disturbing and though-provoking history of the Columbia River, Northwest Passage is a remarkable book, first of all in its scope and complexity. Here is a fine blend of natural history, of human history, and of political history." Washington Post Book World
Review:"An engaging case study of a whole bundle of environmental and social issues (pollution, hydropower politics, Indian rights, resource economics) that should matter to people all over the country." New York Times Book Review
Book News Annotation:Activists, practitioners, and researchers review the development of the battered women's movement and discuss what interventions may be possible in the future. The 13 essays consider enhancing informal responses to domestic violence, wife abuse among Arabs in Israel, the role of context, controversy and change in batterers' programs, sanctions beyond jailing and counseling, couple therapy, and other topics. Paper edition (unseen), $19,95.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Part history, part sociology, part travelogue, and part journalistic account of a contemporary crisis, this sweeping portrait of the powerful, beautiful Columbia River explores how people changed the river and were in turn changed by it. 3 maps; index.
About the AuthorWilliam Dietrich is a staff writer for the Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest magazine. As a science reporter for the Seattle Times he won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He is the author of Natural Grace: The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants and The Final Forest: The Battle for the Last Great Trees of the Pacific Northwest, as well as several works of fiction. He lives in Anacortes, Washington.
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