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Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes On Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, And The Myth Of Seattle Nice (2008)

by Knute Berger(Favorite Author)

2.99 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1570615721 (ISBN13: 9781570615726)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Sasquatch Books

review 1: I've always been waiting for that nugget piece by Knute Berger, where he brings together the various strings of thought and shows me exactly where he is coming from. Fred Moody did this in Seattle and the Demons of Ambition. Even though Moody stole liberally from his previous work, Demons of Ambition stands on its own as a personal and regional history. And, it makes a cogent argument about where we are headed as a region.This is what I expected from Berger in Pugetopolis, but what it is really is a simple collection of essays and newspaper columns already published. He does organize them by topic and adds a postscript when necessary. So maybe in 20 years when Berger is no longer an active writer, this book will serve a purpose. But, now its an excuse to "write" a book.It ... moredoesn't help that I disagree with Berger, but this book was really hard to get through.
review 2: Meh. I didn't love it.Because it's a collection of essays written over several years, there is a lot of repetition. By the halfway point, I was thinking, "Wait - didn't I already read this one?" There were a handful of enjoyable essays, but the overwhelming theme throughout was to long for the good old days before so many people moved here, destroyed the natural environment, and messed up the small-town way of life. It got a little old to me. I get the sense that original Seattleites - or at least people who have been here since the 60s/70s - would enjoy this book more than me.Side note: While I was reading this book, I saw the author standing at the bus stop at 3rd and Pike. Doesn't that seem like something that would only happen in a small town? Like the kind of small town that the author laments is gone? Is that ironic, or am I stretching here? Fine, I'm stretching it. I'll get back to work now. less

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