The Pacific Northwest Landscape: A Painted History

Edited by Kitty Harmon
Introduction by Jonathan Raban
Sasquatch Books, 2001
Trade paperback 144 pages $21.95 ISBN 1-57061-284-6

A collection of paintings spanning 230 years reveals an array of artistic visions and a unique regional perspective. Includes 140 paintings, and capsule biographies of the artists.

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“For the first time, an inclusive collection of Northwest landscape paintings has been made permanently available. The result is a fresh, thought-provoking history of how visitors and residents have viewed the Northwest since settlement times… Harmon succeeds on all counts.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“With its illuminating reproductions and a long, fascinating essay by the noted travelogist Jonathan Raban, it's a book that deserves to be on the shelf of anyone who calls himself or herself a Northwesterner.”
—The Oregonian

“This richly hued art book stands as testimony to the beauty and diversity of the Northwest.”
—Alaska Airlines Magazine