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The Living
The Living
Author: Annie Dillard
Ninety miles north of Seattle on the Washington coast lies Bellingham Bay, where a rough settlement founded in the 1850s would become the town of Whatcom. Here, the Lummi and Nooksack Indian people fish and farm, hermits pay their debts in sockeye salmon, and miners track gold-bearing streams. — Here, too, is the intimate, murderous tale of three...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060924119
ISBN-10: 006092411X
Publication Date: 4/14/1993
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 31 ratings
Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Leigh avatar reviewed The Living on + 378 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
I was hoping this would be more engrossing than it was, but it fell flat. The journey is simply boring and none of the characters are interesting enough to care about. There are only a handful of images that stand out, but the majority of the book is forgettable. I would not recommend this particular Dillard book.
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Helpful Score: 2
Historically,there were four linked communities on Bellingham Bay-Whatcom,Old Bellingham,Sehome,and Fairhaven,which incorporated with each other in various combinations throughout the second half of the nineteeth century.It was not until the events in this story had long passed-not until 1904-that they consolidated to form the city of Bellingham.Whatcom was the first settlement,and had the lumber mill,Sehome had the coal mine.Fairhaven expected the Great Northern Terminus,and it saw the most dramatic boom.Jim Hill actually decided where to locate his Great Northern Railway terminus two years before the 93 panic.
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Helpful Score: 1
historical novel about the northwestern corner of Washington state at the turn of the century
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She is a fine writer. Descriptions are thorough, I felt I was "there". Sometimes, almost a "clinical" review of the situations
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Can you miss with Annie Dillard?
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Large paperback with letter about the author....


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