Chuckwalla Land - The Riddle of California's Desert (Hardcover, New)

Described as 'a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers' by the "San Francisco Chronicle", David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California - its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America. Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, Wallace illuminates the desert's intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a controversial, unresolved scientific debate about the origin and evolution of its unusual ecosystems. Eminent scientists and scholars appear throughout these pages, including maverick paleobiologist Daniel Axelrod, botanist Ledyard Stebbins, and naturalists Edmund Jaeger and Joseph Wood Krutch. Weaving together ecology, geology, natural history, and mythology in his characteristically eloquent voice, Wallace reveals that there is more to this starkly beautiful landscape than meets the eye.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	David Rains Wallace
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	280
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-25616-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Arid zones, deserts
LSN:	0-520-25616-6
Barcode:	9780520256163

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