Sasquatch Books 1996

University of Washington Press 2011

Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America

Singing Grass, Burning Sage: Discovering Washington's Shrub-Steppe

Visible Bones: Journey Across Time in the Columbian River Country

The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbian Plateau

The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest

David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work

Ancient Places

The Dreamer and the Doctor

Stretching from northeastern Washington to western Montana, the Inland Northwest is a land of high plateaus and deep river valleys, In sixteen carefully crafted narratives, award-winning author Jack Nisbet illuminates this region through stories about the resourceful, resilient individuals who inhabit it and the natural history that defines it.

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A keen observer of humankind's idiosyncrasies as well as the everyday phenomenon of the natural world, Nisbet directs his contemplative musings on an inland area of the Northwest defined as spanning northeastern Washington and the western region of Montana. At once wry and compassionate, these crisply written vignettes impart a spirited, substantial nourishment as they describe a particular American landscape.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

PURPLE FLAT TOP is a book built on patient listening and careful observation. [Nisbet] appreciates the natural world, but never pictures the locals as galoots out to ruin it. This is ideal stuff of summer reading, a learning experience made warm and enjoyable.