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James D. Houston

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James D. Houston


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James Houston is the author of 8 novels and several nonfiction books. His work includes Snow Mountain Passage and Farewell to Manzanar.

Average rating: 3.72 · 20,437 ratings · 1,945 reviews · 42 distinct worksSimilar authors
Snow Mountain Passage

3.65 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions
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Bird of Another Heaven

3.85 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Hawaiian Son: The Life and ...

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4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Continental Drift

3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions
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In the Ring of Fire: A Paci...

3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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A Queen's Journey

3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011
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Where Light Takes Its Color...

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4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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A Native Son of the Golden ...

4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings4 editions
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Californians: Searching for...

3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions
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Gig

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions
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“The sea, as much as the light, gives this curve of coast it's flavor. The light takes it's color from the sea, sometimes seems to be emerging from it. And the sea here is ever-present. On clear days it coats the air with a transparent tinge of palest blue that salts and sharpens every detail.”
James D. Houston, Where Light Takes Its Color from the Sea: A California Notebook
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