Living by water : true stories of nature and spirit / Brenda Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Brenda, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources--Washington (State)--Puget Sound.

Conservation of natural resources.

Natural history--Washington (State)--Puget Sound.

Natural history.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Puget Sound (Wash.)--Biography.

Puget Sound (Wash.).

Peterson, Brenda, 1950---Homes and haunts--Washington (State)--Puget Sound.

Peterson, Brenda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From her home near the shores of Puget Sound, Peterson explores the tidal pull of the mist-shrouded Pacific Northwest.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WATER WORLD; SHADOW PEOPLE; GROWING UP GAME; ANIMALS AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS; OIL SPILL EULOGY; WIND ON THE WATER; BELIEVING THE BOND; WATCHING FOR WHALES IN WINTER; WILD, FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE; WHERE THE GREEN RIVER MEETS THE AMAZON; PLAYING WITH NATURE; MOOSE MAN; ON DROWNING; LIVING BY WATER; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

First published: Alaska Northwest Books, 1990.

ISBN:

1-55591-782-8

OCLC:

697122378