The seven states of California
a natural and human history
by Philip L. Fradkin
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In The Seven States of California, Philip Fradkin divides California into seven distinct ecological and cultural provinces - from the hot deserts and high peaks that mirror the Southwest and the Rockies to the rain forests, the farmlands that feed a nation, the Maine-like rocky coast, the sandy beaches, and the cold steppes.
From each he selects one emblematic feature - a chain of dry lakes, and ocean inlet, an earthquake fault, a river - upon which to hang a series of linked stories about natural objects and human characters as dissimilar as Native Americans and ranchers, missile scientists and dam builders, movie actors and real estate developers.
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The seven states of California: a natural and human history
1997, University of California Press
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The seven states of California: a natural and human history
1995, H. Holt and Co.
in English
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The seven states of California: a natural and human history
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-453) and index.
"A John Macrae book."
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