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The golden shore : California's love affair with the sea / David Helvarg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helvarg, David, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental conditions.
- Pacific Coast (Calif.)--History.
- Pacific Coast (Calif.).
- Pacific Coast (Calif.)--Environmental aspects.
- Pacific Coast (Calif.)--Economic aspects.
- Pacific Ocean--Environmental conditions.
- Pacific Ocean.
- California--Description and travel.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A sweeping history of the California coastline documents its changing culture and ecology while exploring its role in the state's efforts to counter environmental disasters, citing the influence of the international border fence and the rich animal and plant life that depend on the coast for survival.
- Contents:
- Home waters
- Native tides
- The Age of Sail
- Ghost forests
- Catch a wave
- Ports of call
- Navy towns
- Save our shores
- Currents of discovery
- Return of the beasts
- The urban coast
- The Redwood Coast
- Rising tides.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312664961
- 0312664966
- 9781250027528
- 1250027527
- OCLC:
- 795010262
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