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Release Date: July 29, 2004

Headline: Pulitzer prize nominee writes Greenpeace history

Summary: Pulitzer prize nominee Rex Weyler publishes the first fully documented history of Greenpeace. The book Greenpeace will be published in Canada in September by Raincoast Books.

Press Release: This September, Raincoast Books will be publishing Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists and Visionaries Changed the World by Pulitzer Prize nominee and Greenpeace co-founder, Rex Weyler. This major release is the complete story of one of Canada’s greatest contributions to the world: Greenpeace.

Tracing the organization’s early roots in Vancouver, Greenpeace is an elegantly written and fully documented history that will remind Canadians how instrumental their nation was in the founding of the world’s most important environmental advocacy groups. Greenpeace is the first book of its kind to tackle the early days of this organization in such a thorough and engaging manner.

Complete with never before seen photos from the author, compelling first-hand accounts of high seas protest and an honest and fully detailed retelling of the internal and external struggles that shaped the organization’s early years, Greenpeace will thrill fans of adventure, intrigue fans of history and inspire a new wave of activism.

Greenpeace by Rex Weyler will be released on September 15th, 2004. It is being published simultaneously in the US and UK by Rodale Press. Both publishers are printing the book on 100% ancient-forest-free paper (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine- and acid-free. For more information, please go to www.raincoast.com/greenpeace.

About Raincoast:
Raincoast Books is a Canadian publisher and distributor based in Vancouver, BC. Raincoast Publishing, which includes the Polestar imprint and key titles from Press Gang Publishers, produces a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults and children. Raincoast Distribution is the exclusive Canadian distributor for publishers from the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. Visit www.raincoast.com for more information.

David Leonard, senior publicist
Raincoast Books
416-934-9903
info@raincoast.com