The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest (Hardcover)
Description
The story of David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific Northwest and other areas of western North America. Douglas' discoveries include hundreds of western plants--most notably the Douglas Fir. The Collector tracks Douglas, from his humble birth in Scotland in 1799 to his botanical training under the famed William Jackson Hooker to his adventures in North America discovering "exotic" new plants for the English and European market.
About the Author
Jack Nisbet is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific Northwest. His Sources of the River won the Murray Morgan Prize from the Washington State Historical Society.
Praise for The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest…
"Sources of the River goes immediately onto my short shelf of best books about the Pacific Northwest." --Murray Morgan "Nisbet makes the landscape come alive on many levels, historical, biological and cultural." –-The Seattle Times "David Doug
