West of Here (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616200824)

At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman he loves and start a family. Ethan's obsession with a brighter future impels the damming of the mighty Elwha to harness its power and put Port Bonita on the map.

More than a century later, his great-great grandson, a middle manager at a failing fish- packing plant, is destined to oversee the undoing of that vision, as the great Thornburgh dam is marked for demolition, having blocked the very lifeline that could have sustained the town. West of Here is a grand and playful odyssey, a multilayered saga of destiny and greed, adventure and passion, that chronicles the life of one small town, turning America's history into myth, and myth into a nation's shared experience.

Author: Jonathan Evison
ISBN-10: 1616200820
ISBN-13: 9781616200824
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2012
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/11/2012 pg. 28