Natural History of the Islands of California
Natural History of the Islands of California

Author: Allan A. Schoenherr

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2003-07-10

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0520239180

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A book on California's islands that deals with their natural history and geology as well as the history of human habitation.

Catalina Island Handbook
Catalina Island Handbook

Author: Chicki Mallan

Publisher: Moon Travel Handbooks

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9780918373755

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This guidebook to California's Channel Islands for budget travellers gives historical, cultural and environmental commentary. It includes insider's information about recreational activities and local specialities.

The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands

Author: Brian M. Fagan

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2001-09-27

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780071374644

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Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide combines and updates two smaller, long-trusted regional books to provide seamless coverage of the entire California coast from just outside the Golden Gate Bridge to Mexico, with special attention given to the popular offshore islands between Point Conception and San Diego. Brian Fagan draws upon more than three decades of experience sailing those waters under all conditions to offer the definitive cruising guide for both sailors and powerboaters.

A Natural History of California
A Natural History of California

Author: Allan A. Schoenherr

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992-12-16

Total Pages: 806

ISBN-13: 9780520909915

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In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan Schoenherr describes a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California will familiarize the reader with the climate, rocks, soil, plants and animals in each distinctive region of the state.

The California Channel Islands
The California Channel Islands

Author: Marla Daily

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 073859508X

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Every day, thousands of Southern California residents see the California Channel Islands on the horizon, yet few can name all eight. Santa Catalina Island, third largest, is by far the best known. It is the only island with a city, Avalon, where dozens of hotels, shops, and restaurants await visitors year-round. Three of the islands are owned by the US Navy: San Clemente, San Nicolas, and San Miguel. San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands are used for military training, naval weapons development, and missile testing; thus access is restricted. Five islands fall within the boundaries of Channel Islands National Park: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands. Close to the mainland and yet worlds apart, scenic day trips and primitive camping opportunities are available on all five park islands. With neither stores nor modern conveniences, a trip to Channel Islands National Park is a step back in time.

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins

Author: Scott O'Dell

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0395069629

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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

California's Channel Islands
California's Channel Islands

Author: Frederic Caire Chiles

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2015-01-20

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 080614923X

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Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century Southern California. This chain of eight islands is home to a biodiversity unrivaled anywhere on Earth. For visitors and armchair travelers alike, this book weaves the strands of natural history, island ecology, and human endeavor to tell the Channel Islands’ full story.