Sky Time In Grays River

Author : Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 164009279X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky Time in Gray's River written by Robert Michael Pyle and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ecologist reflects on the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest as he describes the lives of plants, animals, and humans through every season of the year during his thirty years in the village of Gray's River, near the mouth of the Columbia River--long out of print, this classic of nature writing is being given a new life in trade paperback with a new afterword by the author. Sky Time in Gray's 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 Gray's River Valley spoke to him when he visited more than forty years ago. Since then he has lived near the village of Gray's River, 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. Pyle brings Gray's River to life by compressing those forty years into twelve chapters, following the lives of the people, plants, and animals that make this valley their home, month by month through the seasons. Through his loving portrait of one riverside village, Pyle illustrates how a special place can transform anyone lucky enough to find it. He shows that you don't have to travel far to see something new every day--if you know how to look.

Author : Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1640092781
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky Time in Gray's River written by Robert Michael Pyle and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ecologist reflects on the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest as he describes the lives of plants, animals, and humans through every season of the year during his thirty years in the village of Gray's River, near the mouth of the Columbia River--long out of print, this classic of nature writing is being given a new life in trade paperback with a new afterword by the author. Sky Time in Gray's 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 Gray's River Valley spoke to him when he visited more than forty years ago. Since then he has lived near the village of Gray's River, 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. Pyle brings Gray's River to life by compressing those forty years into twelve chapters, following the lives of the people, plants, and animals that make this valley their home, month by month through the seasons. Through his loving portrait of one riverside village, Pyle illustrates how a special place can transform anyone lucky enough to find it. He shows that you don't have to travel far to see something new every day--if you know how to look.

Author : C. L. Rawlins
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466882417
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky's Witness written by C. L. Rawlins and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau joked that he was a "self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms," never dreaming that such a need might exist. But such is the author's work and that of his various helpers, from ski bums to shortstops. They travel the alpine wilderness at all seasons by touring skis , snowshoes, pack llamas, float-tubes, and a tiny but dependable rat. The remove mountain beauty, "where thoughts stretch for miles and days," would be enough, but C.L. Rawlins is after something more. He's a backcountry hydrologist, collecting rain, snow, and the water of high lakes to measure air pollution. Alongside Rawlins we discover the natural history of the central Rockies, the flowering of plants, and the ways of mountain animals. We learn how the Shoshoni lived in this harsh country before the arrival of settlers. We see also the effect of twentieth-century living on a wilderness that feels pristine but bears the chemical trace of distant smokestacks and freeways. With a style that roams between natural observation and personal essay, Rawlins's Sky's Witness gives access not only to the wilderness but to the ways in which we know ourselves.

Author : United States. Environmental Data Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climatological Data, Washington written by United States. Environmental Data Service and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951319984
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Author : United States. Weather Bureau
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climatological Data written by United States. Weather Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of the monthly climatological reports of the United States by state or region with monthly and annual National summaries.

Author : Ingram Crockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Total Pages : 592 pages
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Total Pages : 582 pages
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Author : J. Gordon Mowat
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
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Download or read book The Canadian Magazine written by J. Gordon Mowat and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: