Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice (Large Print 16pt) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145960430X ISBN 13: 9781459604308

Synopsis

Knute Skip Berger is one of the most recognized commentators on politics, culture, business, and life in the Pacific Northwest. He's the Mike Royko/Jimmy Breslin of this part of the country. As Timothy Egan describes him in the Foreword to Pugetopolis, he is the region's ''crank with a conscience...a contrarian'' thinker who calls out the folly and hubris of mayors, governors, presidents, and gazillionaires.In his signature Mossback column, which ran for years in the Seattle Weekly and now on Crosscut.com, Knute Berger comments on politics (the 50-year odyssey of mass transit), cultural matters (we got art out here in the provinces), the big natural world (what's left of it), enterprise (as in the Microsoft-Starbucks Industrial Complex), and odd local behavior (car-less living that allows mooching rides). As a third-generation Seattle native, he has the perspective to take the long view, so he knows there was a life without jackasses on jet skis, bear attacks in the suburbs, and not so many millionaires. Gathered in Pugetopolis are Knute Berger's best commentaries that provide grist for anyone's mental mill who wants to understand why the Pacific Northwest is a quirky place that is sometimes too liberal for its own good.

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Review

"He's neither old-school nor new-school, which is to say he's fad-resistant. The most overused, most sought-after word in modern American life? Authentic! That's Mossback—the alter ego he's used for his columns of the last half-dozen years." —

"Every city needs a Knute Berger." --"Seattle Weekly, " January 13, 2009
"Regardless of one's age, or how long they have lived here, "Pugetopolis"is a worthwhile book full of insight into our region.." --"Tacoma Weekly" January 8, 2009
"He's neither old-school nor new-school, which is to say he's fad-resistant. The most overused, most sought-after word in modern American life? Authentic! That's Mossback--the alter ego he's used for his columns of the last half-dozen years."
--Timothy Egan, from the Foreword
"Seattle's easy to love. But if you want to make sense of the place, read "Pugetopolis." Earthy, organic--Knute Berger is Seattle's moss-covered soul." --Bill Radke, host, "Weekend America"
Berger writes of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest with the intimate knowledge of a deep, lifelong insider who is also an instinctive skeptic and a mordant humorist. "Pugetopolis" is indispensable--a book that contains within its pages the beating heart of this city

About the Author

Knute Berger, former editor of Seattle Weekly and founding editor of Washington Monthly, also writes Washington Law and Politics and Seattle magazine. Both he and Timothy Egan, author of The Worst Hard Time, live in Seattle.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145960430X
• ISBN 13: 9781459604308
• Binding: Perfect Paperback