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1 online resource (396 pages) |
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Cover; NATURAL STATE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Introduction; THE CREATION; Cahto Myth: The Creation; Darryl Babe Wilson: Grampa Ramsey and the Great Canyon; THE MOUNTAINS; Joaquin Miller: An Elk Hunt; Joseph LeConte: Ramblings in Yosemite; Mark Twain: Lake Tahoe; Jack K.erouac: Climbing Matterhorn Peak; Harold Gilliam: A Mount for All Seasons; Ann Zwinger: Trumpets of Light; David Rains Wallace: The Fourth Dimension; Daniel Duane: Climbing Half Dome; THE HILLS AND VALLEYS; William H. Brewer: Into the Valley; Robert Louis Stevenson: The Sea Fogs; Jack London: On Sonoma Mountain |
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John Steinbeck: FlightM. F.K Fisher: Spirits of the Valley; Barry Lopez: A Reflection on White Geese; David Darlington: In Condor Country; David Mas Masumoto: Winter's Fog; Hildegarde Flanner: A Vanishing Land; Wallace Stegner: Remnants; THE DESERT; John Daniel: Desert Walking; Edward Abbey: Death Valley; Susan Zwinger: Overlooking Carrizo Gorge; Gary Paul Nabhan: The Palms in Our Hands; THE COAST; J. Smeaton Chase: Gaviota Coast Trails; Lawrence Clark Powell: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea; Henry Miller: BigSu; T.H. Watkins: The Sundown Sea; Russell Chatham: A Certain Moment |
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Kem Nunn: Tapping the SourceGretel Ehrlich: Santa Rosa; John McKinney: Lost Coast; EARTH, WIND, RAIN, AND FIRE; James D. Houston: Continental Drift; John McPhee: The San Andreas Discrepancy; John Muir: A Wind-Storm in the Forest; Joan Didion: The Santa Ana; Mary Austin: Nurslings of the Sky; Jane Hollister Wheelwright: The Storm; Margaret Millar: After the Fire; Afterword: Coming into the Watershed: Gary Snyder; Further Reading; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers-be they naturalists or armchair explorers-will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire), the book contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. As a prelude to the collection, editor Steven Gilbar presents two Ca |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-373) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural history -- California
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Nature.
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Nature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
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Natural history.
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Nature.
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California.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97019119 |
| ISBN |
9780520920330 |
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0520920333 |
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1283646315 |
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9781283646314 |
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