Moving to a log house bordering the Columbia Slough, a couple discovers a vest-pocket Valhalla within the city, a place where nature’s rough magic captivates them. The rich floodplain that once nourished Chinookan peoples is gone, its wetlands channelized by 20th century landowners to form today’s nineteen mile slough.
As the authors walk, kayak, and bike an industrialized landscape, they celebrate a wealth of wildlife holding fast against the heavy-metal bedlam of development.
With evocative language and self-deprecating humor, Henry and Campbell tell an intensely personal story and highlight creative efforts to rewild the slough’s denaturalized habitats. Amanda Marisa Williams’ vivid pen and ink illustrations illuminate each chapter.
Table of Content
CONTENTS
Prologue • Columbia River Floodplain 1
Introduction • The Adventure Begins 5
Acknowledgments 199
Selected References 205
About the Authors 215
About the author
BRUCE CAMPBELL lives in Portland, Oregon, where he gardens, hikes the wilds, and writes short stories, novels, and nonfiction. Published in The Timberline Review, Aestas 2015, and The Tishman Review, Bruce was a two-time award winner in Willamette Writers’ Kay Snow Fiction Contest, a finalist in the San Francisco Writers Conference Contest and the Tucson Festival of Books.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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