University of Washington Press

University of Washington Press
$29.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 192 pages, 9 x 10, 9780295974484
From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam...

$24.95  
Paperback, Ellen Waterston, 248 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780295747507
Former high desert rancher Ellen Waterston writes of a wild, essentially roadless, starkly beautiful part of the American West. Following the recently created 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail, she embarks on a creative and inquisitive exploration, introducing readers to a "trusting, naïve, earnest,...

$39.95  
Hardcover, Emily L. Moore, 288 pages, 7 x 10, 9780295743936
Among Southeast Alaska's best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its...

$29.95  
Paperback, Bill Holm, 144 pages, 7.5 x 9, 9780295994277
The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book.  The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native...

$19.95  
Paperback, David Berger, 224 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780295745442
In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes. In the course of his investigation, Berger...

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Paperback, Aldona Jonaitis, 416 pages, 6.75 x 9.75, 9780295748559
Originally published in 2006,  Art of the Northwest Coast   offers an expansive history of this great tradition, from the earliest known works to those made at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Although non-Natives often claimed that First Nations cultures were disappearing,...

$17.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 111 pages, 6 x 9, 9780295956459
Bold, inventive and highly graphic, the indigenous art of the Northwest Coast is distinguished by its sophistication and complexity. It is also composed of basically simple elements, which, guided by a rich mythology, create images of striking power. This indispensable and beautifully...

$50.00  
Hardcover, Rebecca J. Dobkins & Tasia D. Riley, 216 pages, 9 x 12, 9781930957855
Since the 1980s, Oregon-based art collectors George and Colleen Hoyt have amassed one of the finest private collections of Northwest Coast art in the United States. Transformations traces the history of contemporary Northwest Coast Native art since the 1950s. Included are works by some of the...