Jack Nisbet Books
Ancient places
By Jack Nisbet
"The story of the land in the Northwest flows from the cataclysmic ice-age floods. So it only follows that the stories of the people in this terrain are inextricably linked to the aftereffects of t...
Read MoreSources of the River, 2nd Edition
By Jack Nisbet
The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North AmericaIn this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Th...
Read MoreVisible Bones
By Jack Nisbet
How can you know a place? Historian and naturalist Jack Nisbet—author of Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America—looks to the relics of a region to co...
Read MoreThe Collector
By Jack Nisbet
Equal parts biography, natural history, and travelogue, Jack Nisbet tells the story of David Douglas, the 19th century Scottish naturalist and botanical explorer—perfect for amateur naturalis...
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