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Summary: Great while it lasts
Review: Great photography and clear prose. The book left me wanting a little more, though. You can breeze through this in a couple hours! The subject matter covered is diverse and uniformly interesting. Again, I just wish there could have been a little more.
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Summary: Great while it lasts
Review: Great photography and clear prose. The book left me wanting a little more, though. You can breeze through this in a couple hours! The subject matter covered is diverse and uniformly interesting. Again, I just wish there could have been a little more.
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Summary: A small corner of the earth made large.
Review: This book is a wonderful marriage of clear prose and stunning photographs. Few people know about the highest and most rugged corner of the Cascades, but Martin conveys its grandeur and beauty.I expected climbing stories and natural history, but a chapter on beatniks? It's a quirky book but it all hangs together. Worth it for the photography alone.
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Summary: Captures the grandeur of the Cascades
Review: This book really captures the grandeur of the North Cascades (Washington's end of the range). While Martin's text is occasionally a little tough to plod through (seven of the eight chapters are written in a journal format, which drags once in a while), his mesmerizing photographs make up for this minor shortcoming. The vivid photographs show us the breathtaking beauty of these still wild mountains, the beauty that has captivated and still captivates people as diverse as Fred Beckey (the legendary climber who claims hundreds of first ascents in the range) and Pulitzer Prize-winning Zen poet Gary Snyder (whom Martin once took a hike with).Martin takes us up some of the major peaks, from gentle Ruth Mountain to gorgeous Mt. Shuksan and from massive Glacier Peak to the rugged ridges of the Pickets. In between, he devotes a chapter (the best in the book) to poets Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and Allen Ginsburg (one of the only major Beat poets not to cultivate a life-long relationship with the Cascades). There's also a chapter on mountain wildlife. All in all a great book not to be missed.
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