Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive 258-page presentation of what makes Portland, Oregon, the unique place it is, by a geographer and writer who has lived here more than four decades. Illustrated with 400 color photographs. Covers a variety of subjects from a snippier to underdogs, beer and blues, farmers and fun, rain and racism, coffee and carts, geeks and girlz, startups and scenery, plants and poets, house movers and herons, designers and dogs, music and makers, houseless and homecomings, recyclers and rewilders, voodoo and volcanoes, skaters and stories, bikes and bridges, crafters and co-ops, and a whole lot more.