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The Good Rain Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by EGAN, Timothy - 1990

by EGAN, Timothy

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The Good Rain Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by EGAN, Timothy - 1990

The Good Rain Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest

by EGAN, Timothy

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 254. Bound in half violet cloth over black paper-covered boards, silver lettering stamped on spine, author's initials on front board. In the dust jacket that shows original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. A well preserved copy, with no detracting qualities. First printing of the first edition. A harbinger of the massive population growth of Seattle and the greater Northwest that culminated in the grunge, Starbucks, Chihuly, Microsoft and other cultural business phenoms becoming household names.

Egan documented all as the local correspondent for the New York Times. Includes a chapter devoted to finding Seattle climbing luminary Fred Beckey in the North Cascades. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.

  • Bookseller Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover with Dust Jacket
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Jacket Condition Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1990

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THE GOOD RAIN. Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
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THE GOOD RAIN. Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest

by Egan, Timothy

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
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Used - A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
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First edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780394577241 / 0394577248
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition. hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Briefly inscribed on the title page by the author. A mesmerizing ode to the Pacific Northwest, convincing us that the wilderness is a source of "renewal"--if we will only stop treating "paradise" like a "vacant lot." "To see what a century can produce from scratch," Egan retraces a journey made in 1853 by young New Englander Theodore Winthrop through wilderness that is now Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. In a book about his trip, The Canoe and the Saddle, Winthrop predicted that this "strong, savage and majestic" land would produce a "full growth of the American Idea." Egan's riveting travelogue (which includes maps, not seen) surveys what civilization (in places like Seattle and rose-filled Victoria) has brought about since the time of the "prophetic" Winthrop, while taking in the incredibly varied drama of this landscape (from the "incorrigible breakers" of the Columbia River Bar to the primeval… Read More
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