Salal
Subtitle: listening for the Northwest understory
By: Laurie Ricou
Publisher: NeWest Press; NeWest Publishers, Limited
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781897126226
Subjects: Voyages; Anecdotes; Social aspects; Travel; Aspect social; Salal
Description: "Salal is a unique book about a commonplace plant. Part travel narrative, part literary memoir, part 'ethnography' of a plant that usually goes unnoticed, Laurie Ricou traces the poetry and culture of salal while letting readers in on its secrets. Salal's high-gloss leaves and delicate salmon-white flowers are compelling and, as a staple of the floral greens industry, its impact is global. Through interviews, commentary, and well-documented research, Ricou tells the stories of salal - how it is used, what it means to writers and artists, how it is gathered, and what the vagaries of the salal industry are all about."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-249) and index.