Northwest Passage : The Great Columbia River /

Dietrich, William, 1951-

Northwest Passage : The Great Columbia River / William Dietrich, with a new introduction by the author. - 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, Ã1995. First University of Washington Press edition, paperback, 1996. With new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-432) and index.

The picnic in the Coulee -- The river of imagination -- Vagrant and most dangerous -- Beginning and end -- The sculpted river -- Comcomly's head -- In heathen lands to dwell -- The river that was -- Out here -- The inland empire -- The electric revolution -- The biggest thing on Earth -- The house of lies -- The salmon gauntlet -- The poisoned river -- Cloudville.

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Columbia River--History.
Columbia River Region--History.

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