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A Year in Paradise

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* An eloquently written story, laced with appreciations of the region’s natural history

* Includes historic photographs

In midwinter 1920, Floyd Schmoe and his bride struggled up Mount Rainier on snowshoes on a long-delayed honeymoon. As the brand new caretakers at Paradise Inn, they would be on my own in a towering world of snow and ice and incomparable beauty, until the plows arrived to free them at the fourth of July. So started a long love affair with Mount Rainier. And here is Floyd Schmoe’s account of it; a delightful and informative portrait of a mountain through the seasons of the year.

Through his personal narrative, Schmoe writes of many things that combined to cast a spell on him: the shy mountain goat, the reproductive processes of trees and plants, techniques of mountaineering, the habits of glaciers and volcanoes, the curious fact of a mouse being found at very high altitude, the peculiarities of tourists-and a lot more. It is a book for someone drawn to the mysteries of the high country.



The creator was once the first naturalist for Mount Rainier National Park and a two-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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