Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America
Author: Jack Nisbet
Dr. Carrie Leiberg, a pioneer physician, fought hard for public health while nurturing both a troubled son and a fruit orchard. Her husband, John Leiberg, was a Swedish immigrant and self-taught naturalist who transformed himself from pickax Idaho prospector to special field agent for the US Forest Commission and warned Washington DC of ecological devastation of public lands. The Leiberg story opens a window into the human and natural landscape of a century past that reflects all the thorny issues of our present time.
Sasquatch Books 1994
Awards:
Murray Morgan Prize, 1995
Idaho Library Book of the Year, 1995
Washington Governor’s Writer's Award, 1995
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Reviews
Portland Oregonian:
There are times when tracking the early British explorer, Nisbet seems to cross [David] Thompson's path through time. A lively narrative and an important addition to the growing history of the region.
Murray Morgan, author of Puget's Sound:
Jack Nisbet tells Thompson's story superbly ... SOURCES OF THE RIVER goes immediately onto my short shelf of best books about the Pacific Northwest.
Peter C. Newman, author of Company of Adventurers:
This is an important chronicle of the continent's most significant and literate explorer.
David Buerge, Northwest writer and historian:
Nisbet's writing, his treatment of his subject, and his sensitivity are masterful. I am deeply impressed.