{"product_id":"storytellers-at-the-columbia-river-9780967884240","title":"Storytellers at the Columbia River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compelling cast... An intriguing novel about a little-known episode\u003c\/b\u003e in American history... Includes some wonderfully evocative writing about how globally significant events can affect the lives of everyday people.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Steve Olson, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, five newcomers arrive at the annual Settlers' Reunion at the Columbia River. Not far away looms the defunct Hanford Nuclear Plant that secretly produced the plutonium for the bombs dropped on Japan in WWII. The settler families normally gather for a calm time of nostalgic storytelling, though several still nurse anger over their eviction in 1943 for the bomb site. Others are more worried about the radioactive waste seeping from the nuclear plant. \u003cbr\u003e Three of the newcomers disrupt the scene with their own urgent missions. Bruce, a Middle-East wars vet, there to present his great uncle's memoir, is harassed by an angry ex-rancher. When Ike, a Wanapum Indian bus driver distressed over shrinking salmon runs, drives people upriver to the area that was once green orchards, Bruce is outraged at the scene of devastation. Also on the bus are Suki, a Japanese American grad student with a task from her family, and Elena, a Siberian shaman who tries to heal toxic rivers. \u003cbr\u003e When they chance on young protesters plotting a nighttime event at the plant, the action grows more complex. The nuclear plant managers get involved and even the desert's wildlife. A Wanapum elder and a cynical anthropologist each try to coax the players toward a common goal: the healing, both physical and political, of the Columbia. But still more students and ranchers are drawn into confrontations. Still, while so many viewpoints grapple, many people bond in new friendships and two in a quixotic love affair. \u003cbr\u003e With the characters, the reader gains a sweeping view of the Northwest's imperiled salmon runs and the dire nuclear dangers the whole world faces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9995947\"\u003eNancy Danielson Mendenhall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Far Eastern Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780967884240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0967884241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far Eastern Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42643540148461,"sku":"9780967884240","price":19.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_47239dfb-ab53-43da-a26f-9dc77e670c11.jpg?v=1649119979","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/storytellers-at-the-columbia-river-9780967884240","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}