Natural state : a literary anthology of California nature writing /

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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 spa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gilbar, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Temas:
Natural history > California.
Nature.
Sciences naturelles > Californie.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Natural history
Nature
California
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Natural State
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE CREATION
  • Grampa Ramsey and the Great Canyon
  • THE MOUNTAINS
  • An Elk Hunt
  • Ramblings in Yosemite
  • Lake Tahoe
  • Climbing Matterhorn Peak
  • A Mount for All Seasons
  • Trumpets of Light
  • The Fourth Dimension
  • Climbing Half Dome
  • THE HILLS AND VALLEYS
  • Into the Valley
  • The Sea Fogs
  • On Sonoma Mountain
  • Flight
  • Spirits of the Valley
  • A Reflection on White Geese
  • In Condor Country
  • Winter's Fog
  • A Vanishing Land
  • Remnants
  • THE DESERT
  • Desert Walking
  • Death Valley
  • Overlooking Carrizo Gorge
  • The Palms in Our Hands
  • THE COAST
  • Gaviota Coast Trails
  • Where the Mountains Meet the Sea
  • Big Sur
  • The Sundown Sea
  • A Certain Moment
  • Tapping the Source
  • Santa Rosa
  • Lost Coast
  • EARTH, WIND, RAIN, AND FIRE
  • Continental Drift
  • The San Andreas Discrepancy
  • A Wind-Storm in the Forest
  • The Santa Ana
  • Nurslings of the Sky
  • The Storm
  • After the Fire
  • Afterword Coming into the Watershed
  • FURTHER READING
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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