This book seems to rise organically out of the natural roots of the Olympic Peninsula, and from the heart and soul of its people. Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain will become the definitive book on this unique place ‒ a world heritage site and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. I don’t see how anything could surpass it. …
Regional environmentalism and approachable science. So well-written, I felt like I was right there planting a tree or watching a salmon spawn. The Freemans do a wonderful job reminding us that we can make a difference — a little at a time. –Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID When nice weather comes, you can get out into nature …
The desire to write about a place begins to register in the bones long before the writing happens. A subconscious need to write about the Olympic Peninsula began to grow in me, arose from experiences of the place, for some time before I ever tried to write about it: The immense silence of the old …
“I love a good Northwest novel. This one is set in the fictional town of Port Bonita on the Olympic Peninsula and intercuts stories from two time periods, 1890 and 2006, each with its own cast of fascinating Northwest characters. Wonderfully funny in spots, it nonetheless asks serious questions about our relationship to the land, …
