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Robert Michael Pyle

Jul

27

2018

Brian Doyle

OPB Shares September 2017 Brian Doyle Memorial

From Oregon Public Broadcasting July 14, 2018 This week on “State of Wonder,” some of the Northwest’s most prominent writers come together to share stories and memories of the man the “New Yorker” called “the Portland sage.” It’s hard to imagine a more quintessentially Northwest writer than Brian Doyle. He was not from Oregon, but he …

Feb

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2013

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Hanson a Natural Award Winner

2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award winner Thor Hanson has been awarded a 2013 John Burroughs Medal for Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. One of the jurors described Feathers as, “great natural history with intense focus and telescopic detail. It soars through an engaging blend of history, archaeology, animal behavior, art, physics, and conservation. …

Dec

15

2010

Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year by Robert Michael Pyle

“Obsession leads to quest as Pyle spends a year racing the calendar, zooming from California to Key West, Kauai to the Northern Tundra, hunting for the globe’s elusive butterflies. He is nearly devoured by mosquitoes, almost falls onto the back of an alligator and comes much too close to rattlesnakes. But he also watches the …

Sep

13

2010

Mariposa Road by Robert Michael Pyle

“Robert Michael Pyle is our favorite Northwest naturalist. His new book, Mariposa Road:The First Butterfly Big Year (Houghton Mifflin, Sept., 2010) describes his year-long adventure seeking to spot as many American butterflies as possible. He’ll talk and read at The Snow Goose Thursday, October 21 at 7 pm.”—Kristine Kaufman, Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA

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