Barry Provorse

Barry ProvorsePublisher

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Barry ProvorsePublisher

Barry Provorse's first books, now considered rare by antiquarian book dealers, told the story of the conception, construction, and completion of Alyeska's trans-Alaska pipeline.Another early project chronicled the history of North America's coal industry and was co-published by McGraw-Hill.These initial endeavors led to his founding of Documentary Book Publishers in 1981 and the publishing of his inaugural corporate history, PACCAR: The Pursuit of Quality.He entered the world of cookbooks in 1993 with John Sarich's Food and Wine of the Pacific Northwest.Armed with a passion for his subject and an exacting approach to the book creation process, his objective is to reveal the unique and defining nature of each enterprise in a highly readable story.