Cultured Travel Guide Books - Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest: 200+ Waterfalls throughout Oregon & Washington |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.95
EAN: 9780881507133
ISBN: 088150713X
Label: Countryman
Manufacturer: Countryman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2007-06-04
Publisher: Countryman
Studio: Countryman |
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Summary: Fairly thorough, but nothing new
Comment: David Anderson is the third author to tackle a guidebook on waterfalls in the Pacific Northwest, and he does it in worthy fashion, but for the particular subject and area covered, this offering lacks the punch it needed to raise the bar. In addition to dozens of clerical and typographical errors, the process by which Anderson selected the waterfalls to include in the book seems odd.
Omitted are many well known, easily accessed locations - such as Washington's Deception Falls along Highway 2, Spray Falls in Mount Rainier National Park and many of the easily accessed in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge and southern Willamette National Forests.
I will give the author props for covering some new territory here - the Wallowa and Strawberry Mountains of north-central Oregon, where the other guidebooks are somewhat lacking, as well as one or two entries here and there which provide new information, but the book lacks a lot of in depth information that had made the other waterfall guidebooks put out by Countryman Press so well done, and I honestly expected more tutelage on how to properly photograph some of the locations when the book was authored by a professional photographer. I was quite disappointed in the lack of pictures as well (about 40 over 185 or so pages).
All in all, its worth picking this book up if you enjoy visiting these locations, even sporadically - some of the directions are much more helpful than other books, and the maps are superb - but the selection and depth of the information presented is rather disappointing.
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Discover more than 200 waterfalls throughout Oregon and Washington's most scenic, unique, and diverse landscapes.
Photographer David L. Anderson has hiked many miles of the Pacific Coast, Oregon Cascades, Washington Cascades, eastern Oregon, and eastern Washington to find these regions' most spectacular waterfalls.
Overview chapters on Pacific Northwest climate, geology, photography, and basic hiking tips prepare readers for their treks to the falls, while each of the falls' descriptions includes directions for how to get there; the USGS topographic map quad; hike distance; falls' source, height, and volume; and suggestions for the best time of year to visit. Regional maps showing the locations of each of the falls are also included. Distances range from easy walks of a few hundred yards to strenuous 10-mile hikes, to accommodate any level of hiking ability. 50 maps, 100 black & white photographs, index.
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