California landscapes : Los Angeles, Big Sur, San Francisco, Yosemite, and Death Valley
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Bibliographic Information
California landscapes : Los Angeles, Big Sur, San Francisco, Yosemite, and Death Valley
(Touring North America)
Rutgers University Press, c1992
- : cloth
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Discover the riches and variety of California hand-in-hand with the experts! This travel guide offers a unique nine-day tour of the state, starting in Los Angeles, going up the wild Pacific coast to San Francisco, on to the Wine Country, Berkeley and Oakland, then inland to the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and finally returning south through the Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. Travel through spectacular scenery and cosmopolitan cities with this eye-opening book, and you'll find out just what gives California its special character. The authors comment on everything that's likely to catch your attentionNfrom the lay of the land to the taste of the food, from La Brea Tar Pits to Lake Mono, from banana orchards to the giant redwoods, from surfing beaches to snow-covered mountains, from old Spanish missions to the newest immigrants' restaurants.
California Landscapes makes the best of traveling companions: compact, informed, and lively. You'll want to read and re-read it as you plan, take, and relive your trip!
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