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Upcoming Events for Seattle and Tacoma.
Jack will be at Town Hall in Seattle on Tuesday, October 20 then at the Tacoma Public Library on Wednesday October 21. Jack Nisbet with John Marzluff & David Montgomery – Ancient Places Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, Seattle, Washington View Event Details Book Talk & Signing of “Ancient Places: People & Landscape in the Emerging Northwest” Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, Washington View Event...
Read MoreReading from Ancient Places
Jack Nisbet will be reading from his new book Ancient Places at a dozen branches of Washington’s North Central Regional Libraries this fall. The readings will explore different stories from the book, and each one will be accompanied by a slide presentation. See below for the upcoming schedule: Quincy Library Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 p.m. Quincy, Washington View Event Details Ephrata Library Thursday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. Ephrata, Washington View Event Details Chelan Library Thursday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. Chelan, Washington View Event Details Leavenworth Library Friday, October 23, 6:30 p.m. Leavenworth, Washington View Event Details Moses Lake Library...
Read MoreAncient Places Review by Barbara Theroux – Fact & Fiction, Mountain West News
“Jack Nisbet has been writing about the landscape of the Inland Empire and Pacific Northwest for many years. In his books about David Thompson and David Douglas, the author did extensive research into the written records left by these early settlers. Now he goes one step further to seek modern information about the Ice Age Floods, the Willamette Meteorite, the 1872 Earthquake, the aurora borealis, and rich deposits of terra cotta clay—the genesis stories of the region. In the opening essay called “Chasing Electric Fluid,” Nisbet explores David Thompson’s 1792 reports of a possible meteor falling to earth where he saw mysterious glowing lights. John...
Read MoreAncient Places Review by Tim McNulty, The Seattle Times
“Through a half-dozen or more books, Jack Nisbet has shown himself to be an astute interpreter of Pacific Northwest history, an insightful naturalist and an excellent storyteller. Two of his earlier books, “Sources of the River” and “The Collector,” brought the epic work of Hudson’s Bay Company explorer David Thompson and naturalist David Douglas into contemporary focus. His new book of lively essays, “Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest” (Sasquatch, 256 pp., $21.95) engages the past and present of the Inland Northwest. Landscape and its pivotal role in the history of the region have been a primary concern for the Spokane-based author....
Read MoreTime Change for Ancient Places Reading
The presentation will now start at 6:30 PM instead of 7:00 PM. See the Events page for more details.
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