Waucoma Bookstore is hosting author Jack Nisbet for a book signing on Friday, September 3rd from 5:00-8:00pm at the bookstore (212 Oak St, Hood River).  Nisbet will be signing his book "The Collector: David Douglas & The Natural History of the Northwest".

About the Book
Jack Nisbet turns his attention to David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific NW. Douglas’ discoveries include hundreds of western plants—most notably, the Douglas Fir. The Collector tracks Douglas’s fascinating history and takes readers on Douglas’ journeys into the then-obscure realms from Puget Sound to the Sandwich Islands. Nisbet evokes a lost world of early exploration, pristine nature, ambition, and cultural and class conflict with surprisingly modern resonances. 

Listen to Jack Nisbet discuss "The Collector" on OPB radio

About the Author
Jack Nisbet is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific NW. He is the author of the award-winning book  "Sources of the River" and "Visible Bones: Journeys Across Times in the Columbia River Country"