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Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour (Highsmith, Carol M., Photographic Tour.) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Carol Highsmith, Ted Landphair
Publisher: Crescent
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 610115
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0517204010
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.950443
EAN: 9780517204016
ASIN: 0517204010
Publication Date: July 20, 1999
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Product Description
The Pacific Northwest—Oregon, Washington State, parts of northern California, and Canadian British Columbia—is a region of staggering beauty. From the area's stunning expanse of forests to its wild seashore to its innumerable lakes and rivers to the imposing snow-clad peaks of Ranier, Hood, and Shasta, the area is—without much hyperbole—spectacular, panoramic, and sublime.
Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour takes the reader on an extraordinary journey faithfully captured by the lens of photographer Carol M. Highsmith. It is a trip of incredible variety that starts with a visit to California's thirty-three-mile "Avenue of the Giants" near the coast along U.S. Route 101—nicknamed the "Redwood Highway." It passes by the sapphire-blue Crater Lake, which was formed by the eruption of Mount Mazama 7,700 years ago, and continues through Portland, Oregon's largest city.
In Washington, there are stops at the devastation of Mount Saint Helens volcano and Stampede Pass, the purported home of Sasquatch, or "Bigfoot." In Seattle, there is the famed Space Needle and the popular Underground Seattle Tour takes visitors to the street level that existed more than a century ago. Across the border in Canada is Vancouver with its incredible skyline, whose motto is "Spectacular by Nature." In Victoria, there is the dazzling British Columbia Parliament Building complex which is outlined by more than three thousand lights at night. And nearby is Butchart Gardens, fifty acres of the world's most magnificent floral paintings.
These and many more points of interest await the reader. With its wonderful photos and informative text, Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour makes an excellent gift for anyone who has visited or wishes to visit this incomparable region.
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Photo Album for the Pacific Northwest October 21, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I live in the Pacific Northwest and I wanted a memento of my area in case I ever move away. There are excellent large photos of areas I have seen with my own eyes, such as Portland Oregon with Mt Hood in the background, the Japanese Gardens in Portland, Oregon beaches, Multnomah Falls and Vista House's view, both along the Columbia River Gorge, an inside picture of Timberline Lodge, Stonehenge, which is a 10 minute drive from my home, the Riverfront park in Spokane and the HUGE Radio Flyer wagon slide that is there, Mt Saint Helens, to name a few. Also there are pictures of places I haven't seen yet that I would like to see, in California, and Vancouver BC and Oregon's Crater Lake that is on the cover as well as in the book. Includes some history and historical photos in the beginning of the book. If you don't live in this area this book may inspire you to visit.
Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour December 18, 2000
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Like wow! When my parents were looking at this book and hoping to get an idea of the Pacific Northwest, I didn't know what all the oohs and ahs were all about. But after taking a gander at the many gorgeous pictures depicting the natural, cultural and historic wonders of this diverse region -- safely under the blanket with a flashlight -- I can see why they liked it so much. Containing almost none of the preciousness one often sees in coffee table books, nor the high flown gas one sometimes finds in other works devoted to American regions, nor the sappiness of the normal trade book intended for use by armchair travelers, Mr. Landphair and Ms. Highsmith's work really makes you want to visit the Northwest and soak up the sights. The captions are eloquent without being overly long, and the photos are artistic without being 'artsy.' The printing itself is a work of art. I would unreservedly recommend this to anyone either of my own age group or older. Awesome! Move over Playstation 2!
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