California Deserts [Paperback]

Jerry Schad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1997

A look at California's varied desert landscapes with well-chosen words and beautiful pictures.

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This Geographic Series title looks at California's varied desert landscapes with well-chosen words and beautiful pictures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Falcon (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560445467
• ISBN-13: 978-1560445463
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,230,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Find a Copy, It's Worth It, May 10, 2004

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Rebecca Whiting (Beautiful Bell Gardens, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: California Deserts (California geographic series) (Hardcover)

What a gorgeous book! It's written by one of SoCal's definitive nature writers, Jerry Schad, and sprinkled with beautiful photos from various sources.

The first several chapters deal with desert ecology, and the geological processes and botanical survival tactics are really well described. In fact, as an overview of the subject, I haven't read anything as concisely interesting.

Remaining chapters discuss various parks and desert areas in further detail, with references to highways and access roads for those who want to visit.

The photographs throughout the book are very descriptive and really invigorate the text. The generally accesible format and "info boxes" make it almost like thumbing through a magazine.

Although I would recommend this book to anyone, I especially wish it were on school library shelves for its first-rate descriptions of desert ecology and enjoyable format.