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Collector, The: David Douglas And The Natural History Of The Northwest (2014)

by Jack Nisbet(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1282719114 (ISBN13: 9781282719118)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Sasquatch Books

review 1: My 2014 Ladies Summer Reading Tea book from Colleen Shoemaker - 2770 SW Rutland TerrOK - done with this too. In the beginning I really liked this - very interesting portrayal of the times and the use of Indians to paddle the canoes, to trade with... the exploration and life style that was going on during those days... so rugged! Great to have so many local (NW) references and the ground that he covered was amazing. And how he collected so many specimens of flora and fauna and packing it and getting it back to England. Then I felt it bogged down and I got stuck a little bit - and the ending surprising even though I knew the ending. An interesting character, well written it's better than 3 but not really quite a 4 --- maybe 3.5?
review 2: The subject here is... more the energetic young Englishman for whom the Douglas fir is named. He traveled in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and a bit of South America during his trips around the Horn, collecting plants and animals as he went. His travels were during the years about halfway between Lewis & Clark and Darwin. I enjoyed reading about his relationships with the trappers, fur traders, soldiers, and Indians; my eyes glazed over sometimes over the long lists of flora and fauna, but amateur naturalists will enjoy this. Professional naturalists have been studying his work for nearly 200 years. less

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