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San Francisco Chronicle
bestseller!
An epic, gloriously illustrated journey up and down California’s shoreline.
California’s coastline is world famous, an endless source of fascination and fantasy, but there is no book about it like this one. Obi Kaufmann, author-illustrator of
The California Field Atlas
and
The Forests of California
, now turns his attention to the 1,200 miles of the Golden State where the land meets the ocean. Bursting with color,
The Coasts of California
is in Kaufmann’s signature style, fusing science with art and pure poetic reverie. And much more than a survey of tourist spots,
Coasts
is a full immersion into the astonishingly varied natural worlds that hug California’s shoreline. With hundreds of gorgeous watercolor maps and illustrations, Kaufmann explores the rhythms of the tides, the lives of sea creatures, the shifting of rocks and sand, and the special habitats found on California’s islands. At the book’s core is an expansive, detailed walk down the California Coastal Trail, including maps of parks along the way—a wealth of knowledge for any coast-lover.
is a geographic epic, an odyssey in nature, a grand and glorious book for a grand and glorious part of the world.