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    <body><![CDATA[I am a native Oregonian and move through life radiating a lot of Oregon love.  But loving Oregon means embracing the ongoing conflict between civilization and nature.  <br/><br/>Timothy Egan's book does an excellent job sharing both the grandeur of the Pacific Northwest and the man-made disaster. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21703062">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Timothy Egan is a very consciencious writer. He wants the facts to be correct and I appreciate that. He's also a very good speaker, so if you have a chance to go to a reading, do it. Often writers are not good speakers, but he is. I'm eage to read his latest book, The Big Burn.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books of all time. If you are from, or live in, the Pacific Northwest, don't miss this lovely history of ours. I can't say when I read this book because I have read it about 30 times :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was my first foray into what I would call a traveller's dialogue.  First hand account of someone's journey through a place I also know and love.  A true gem!   Egan's writing is crystal clear.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You will quote this book again and again! A fascinating and lively history of the Pacific Northwest that is easy to read and hard to put down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent essays of place--in this case, the Pacific Northwest, principally Washington and Oregon.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book for an alternative on Washington History<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful, fun way of getting to know the PNW.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Living in a fantastic temperate rain forest.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Had to read this for work...I love my job.  Egan reaffirmed the fact that I want my bones buried in the PNW.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Egan is the NW correspondent for the NY Times.  He traveled the Lewis and Clark Trail to write this book.  It intertwines the exploration of the Northwest with it's history.  This is a must read for all Northwesterners.  I don't read too much non-fiction, but this book keeps your interest..in fact.....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16844677">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was beautifully evocative of all the different landscapes in Washington - I was also impressed with how well Timothy Egan was able to portray a place as a powerful character, without any need for individual people in the book.  His descriptions of the place I consider &quot;home&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2301606">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recomend this book to anyone who has spent any time in the Northwest.  Having lived my entire life in the Northwest this book has opened my eyes to the beauty and the distruction of these lands.  I am looking forward to adventuring to some of the unknow (to me) corners of this region.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book by the Seattle correspondent for the New York Times is required reading for anyone who loves or lives in the Pacific Northwest. In wonderful converstational language the author tells the story of the region, emphasizing the relationship between man's quest to develop and nature..]]></body>
    
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