Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
- Published by: University of California Press; 2 Rev Exp edition January 7, 1985
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0520049489
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520049482
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Book Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Bakker's classic of ecological science now includes three new chapters on Southern California which make the book more useful than ever. Striking new photographs illustrate the diversity of life, climate, and geological formation.
About The Author
Elna Bakker (1921-1995) was a pioneering California naturalist and writer.
An Island Called California is her best-known book; other titles include
The Great Southwest and
Desert Journal.
Reader ReviewsAs a naturalist often bored by nature writing, I am stunned by An Island Called California. I first read it two decades ago, and I've just rediscovered it. Bakker's survey of the ecosystems of this massive and diverse state is lyrical, lively, and full of ecological anecdotes. This is the minimum reading to learn what it is we mean when we say "California". Read it. Your eyes will be opened up. Your view of the state will never be the same. Wish I had the money to send a copy to each member of the California state house and senate.