Pacific Coast Shells (Peterson Field Guides) [Paperback]

Violet F. Morris (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Author)

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About the Author

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; 2 edition (April 2, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395183227
• ISBN-13: 978-0395183229
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #615,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Important Guide About Shells Around The Pacific, March 3, 2010

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This review is from: Pacific Coast Shells (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)

This book is an important guide, with lots of information about Pacific Coast Shells. Includes for each shell Name, Range (where can be found), habitat, description, remarks (special notes in some cases).

Why I am giving 3 stars to this book is because, while it has many... many pictures of shells, only eight of them are in full colors! The rest is in black and white! All the pictures are right in the middle of the book, not acompanying each shell description, as I was hoping. This is a great book, I hope this issue with pictures without proper colors is fixed in the future.

3.0 out of 5 stars Pacific Coast Shells, September 6, 2011

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I was wanting to know the names of various shells that I received from some friends that visited the West Coast of Calif. I use them in crafts and like to know what kind they are. This book did help, but I just wished that all the pictures could have been in color, not just part of them.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seashells are the most exquisite of all architecture, November 30, 1996

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This review is from: A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Shells, Including Shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California (Peterson Field Guide Series) (Hardcover)

As a child growing up on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., and obsessed with seashells, the shells of the Pacific Ocean beckoned to me more strongly than the sirens in my 8th grade Latin book.

And this was the book that fueled by imaginations. The heck with Botticelli and his "Venus on a half-shell" -- this book illustrates and explains some of the most beautiful pieces of calcium carbonate ever secreted by man or mollusc.