num_pages: 224
description: Billy Proctor has spent his life doing the time-honoured work of generations of upcoast menhandlogging, fishing, clam digging, repairing boats, beachcombing. Then Billy began to see that the coast he loved was dying around him. The thriving runs of Pacific salmon, oolichans and herring that he could remember from his early years were vanishingsome to near extinctionand he understood that it was time to give something back. Heart of the Raincoast is the story of Billy Proctors life, and the life of the coast he knows so well, once so rich, now so threatened. The writing is funny, touching and honestand offers an engaging insiders view of the salmon, whales, eagles and independent people on Canadas wild and lovely raincoast.
language: English
title: Heart of the Raincoast: A Life Story
titlecomplete: Heart of the Raincoast: A Life Story
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 135
publisher: TouchWood Editions