Charles Hood

Broschiertes Buch

California's Best Nature Walks

32 Easy Ways to Explore the Golden State's Ecology

Beschreibung

"Prize-winning poet and naturalist Charles Hood shares his passion for the Golden State with a series of roadside adventures centered on essential habitats, from the redwoods to the desert. Focusing on the accessible and the everyday, this book provides an overview of the plants, birds, snakes, bugs, rocks, and trees that make California such a unique collection of habitats. Lively style and an ability to provide clear historical context help make this entertaining yet educational. As readers increase their "landscape literacy," even a regular commute to work can become a chance to enjoy the surprise and mystery of the natural world"--

Autor

Charles Hood is a poet and naturalist. The author of over twenty books, he has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, a dishwasher, and a nature guide in Africa. Nature study has taken him across all fifty of the US states and to eighty countries, from New Guinea to Borneo to the South Pole. Along the way he has been lost in a whiteout in the Himalayas, contracted (and survived) bubonic plague, and published more than seven hundred photographs. His titles with Timber Press include Wild LA, a field guide to reptiles and amphibians, and a guide to the best roadside hikes in California. Jane Goodall wrote the foreword to his book Wild Sonoma, and his essay collection, A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat, was named the Nonfiction Book of the Year by the editors of Foreword book review. He lives in the Mojave Desert with two kayaks, two mountain bikes, two dogs, and five thousand books.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Timber Press (OR)
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781643261027
• ISBN-10: 1643261029
• Artikelnr.: 68061249