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Title: Heart of the Raincoast: A Life Story.
Description: (Victoria, BC, Canada): Horsdal & Schubart, (1998). (1998). INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDRA MORTON AND BILLY PROCTOR TO PETER MATTHIESSEN - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. xiii & 208 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations by Alexandra Morton. Near fine.

Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen and signed by Alexandra Morton and Billy Proctor on the title page. The story of Billy Proctor, a Canadian who spent his life fishing, handlogging, repairing boats, clam digging and beachcombing, and who came to realize that the Pacific coast he loved was dying. Fine .

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; NATURAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTALISM. CANADIAN PACIFIC COAST; BIOGRAPHY; BILLY PROCTOR; ALEXANDRA MORTON; HEART OF THE RAINCOAST: A LIFE STORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; PETER MATTHIESSEN.

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 26605

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