HEART OF THE RAINCOAST, A Life Story by Alexandra Morton & Billy Proctor (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Alexandra Morton & Billy Proctor. Published by Horsdal & Shubart, Victoria, BC., 1998, 1st Edition. RARE: Signed by Both Authors! Printed in Canada by Kromar Printing, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book.

HEART OF THE RAINCOAST,  A Life Story by Alexandra Morton & Billy Proctor, IS the story of Billy Proctor, born in 1934. Billy spent his entire life in a remote coastal community called Echo Bay, on an island off Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

"While he's always done the proud work of upcoast men  hand-logging, clam digging, beachcombing and repairing boats fishing has been his life-long passion. Heart of the Raincoast is the fascinating story of his life and a glimpse at the wealth of knowledge and understanding that can only be gained from living in such close proximity to nature. It offers an engaging insider's view not only of the salmon, whales, eagles and independent people who populate the wild and lovely coastal rainforest, but also outlines Billy's attempts to return the Pacific salmon, oolichans and herring populations to the thriving runs that he remembers from his youth." -Reviewed by The Times Colonist.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

• Alexandra Bryant Hubbard Morton is an American and Canadian marine biologist best known for her 30-year study of wild killer whales in the Broughton Archipelago in British Columbia. Since the 1990s, her work has shifted toward the study of the impact of salmon farming on Canadian wild salmon.
• Billy Proctor was born in the Broughton Archipelago, and has spent his life doing the time-honoured work of upcoast men–fishing, hand-logging, beachcombing. One day, he realized that the coast he loved was dying around him and understood that it was time to put something back
  
  1st Edition & Signed by BOTH Authors
  ISBN 0920663613
  GC&C Stock #553