Publisher:
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Published:
06/1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17100168034
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, small tears & creases. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
Publisher:
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Published:
06/1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16247690410
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New. Size: 6x0x9; New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 504 p. Roll On, Columbia, 1. Audience: General/trade. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. In the most comprehensive historical novel ever written about the Columbia River and the Great Northwest, author Bill Gulick tells the story of the Columbia River basin-from the establishment of Fort Astoria in 1811 to the building of Grand Coulee Dam and the disastrous flood of 1948. The story is told through five generations of the Warrens-a sprawling family of river bar pilots, steamboat captains, and geologists whose own history is integrally entwined with that of the river. The first volume of this epic trilogy, To the Pacific, begins in 1811 with Thomas Warren and his sixteen-year-old son Ben embarking on the Tonquin, John Jacob Astor's ship bound for the Northwest via the perilous Cape Horn route to establish Fort Astoria and a fur empire at the mouth of the Columbia River. The journey is fraught with danger as the Warrens navigate not only the treacherous waters of Cape Horn, but also prowling British warships. While trying to enter the Columbia, young Ben witnesses the death of his father as the ship attempts to cross the storm-wracked bar at the river's mouth. Now the only American settler left in the area, Ben joins Conco, a young Chinook Indian, to establish the first bar pilot service on the lower river. As they escort ships across the most dangerous bar in the world, Ben and Conco are privy to the ongoing battle between the British and Americans for control of the fur empire and the Northwest itself. As steamboats come to the river, Ben and Conco's sons, Tommy and Sitkum, become captain and engineer on the lower river then as traffic develops through the Cascades, on the middle river. Roll On, Columbia flows like the river itself, blending actual events with the Warren family history. The Native Americans, British, seafarers, mountain men, and fur-trappers all come alive in this story. Extensive research, in addition to the author's forty years of living near and writing about the watersheds of the Columbia, all contribute to this highly accurate portrayal of the Great Northwest.
Publisher:
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Published:
1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17892062161
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; First printing signed "Best Regards" by Gulick on the title page. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Finger smudge on FFEP; text is unmarked. Dust jacket shows a small chip to rear panel, mild crease to front flap and minor edge wear at tail, in a mylar cover.
Publisher:
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Published:
06/1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14955514106
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Very Good. Signed and inscribed by author. 1st/1st, First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good. Light shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.
