ashade 's review for:

The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by Timothy Egan

3.0

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Glad to know some of the history and context of places in the PNW that are often under-reported on and misunderstood, but I found this book to be very much a product of its time (late ‘90’s). I was very offput by the author’s choice to retrace the path of Winthrop and how much Winthrop was idolized and centered in this narrative of the PNW’s history. Too much white man’s gaze for me, but still giving it 3 stars since I did learn a lot about the PNW’s history, and I thought the over-the-top descriptive language was kind of endearing. Would definitely be interested in diving deeper into some of the topics that were touched on here, but from an author who has a more immediate/intimate connection to the history.