| Title |
Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City
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| Names |
Williams, David B.
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| Book Number |
DBC06824
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| Title Status |
Active
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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| Annotation |
More than just a collection of walking tours throughout Seattle, this book describes the natural and human history of the sights along the way. The walks are detailed and give a great sense of place. Unrated. 2017.
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| General Notes |
"A Michael J. Repass Book."
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Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library.
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| Narrator |
Larimore, Beth.
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| Length |
9 hours, 56 minutes
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| Local Subject |
Northwest nonfiction - NW2
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Adult book - AD
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Nonfiction - NF
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Female narrator - FN
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Geography - SC10
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Travel - SP2
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Produced at WTBBL - PAW
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Northwest - NW
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Science and technology - SC
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Sports and recreation - SP
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| LC Subject |
Walking - Washington (State) - Seattle - Guidebooks
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Natural history - Washington (State) - Seattle
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Natural resources - Washington (State) - Seattle
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Urban geology - United States
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Seattle (Wash.) - Guidebooks
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Guidebooks
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Nonfiction
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| Audience Notes |
A NLS/BPH
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| Call Number |
917.9777204 ANF
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| Language |
English
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Walk 1. Seattle's historic shoreline: Remnants from the past -- Walk 2. Denny Hill: The big hill that went away -- Walk 3. Stories in stone: Downtown rocks -- Walk 4. Where you at? A downtown geographical tour -- Walk 5. Who's watching you? A downtown menagerie in stone and terra-cotta -- Walk 6. Regrades and the international district: Shaping a landscape of diversity -- Walk 7. Madison Street: Elliott Bay to Lake Washington -- Walk 8. Lake Union: Circumnavigate the center of the city -- Walk 9. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Discovery Park: Boats, birds, and big trees -- Walk 10. Green Lake to Lake Washington: Tracing a historic creek -- Walk 11. Meadowbrook Pond and Thornton Creek: Restoration and renewal -- Walk 12. Magnuson Park: The land comes full circle -- Walk 13. Capitol Hill: Elegance in the details -- Walk 14. Beacon Hill: Great diversity and great views -- Walk 15. Rainier Beach to Columbia City: From slough to slough -- Walk 16. Delridge and Pigeon Point: The lesser-known side of West Seattle -- Walk 17. West Seattle: Old growth and Alki Point.
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| Released |
2017
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| Publication Info |
Seattle : University of Washington Press 2017
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017] 9780295741284
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