Sespe Wild - Southern California''s Last Free River

Informationen zum Autor Bradley John Monsma is professor of English and interdisciplinary studies at California State University, Channel Islands, where he teaches courses on natural history and nature writing. His essays and articles have appeared in several literary and scholarly journals. An ardent backpacker and whitewater kayaker, he has explored wild places and rivers throughout the western United States and Canada. Klappentext Fifty miles northwest of Los Angeles, Sespe Creek flows through some of the wildest territory in California. This work chronicles the author's exploration of this fantastic region - from the physical Sespe to its subsurface geology. It discusses both the Chumash people who first occupied it and the impact of Spanish and American settlers. Zusammenfassung Fifty miles northwest of Los Angeles! Sespe Creek flows through some of the wildest territory in California. This work chronicles the author's exploration of this fantastic region - from the physical Sespe to its subsurface geology. It discusses both the Chumash people who first occupied it and the impact of Spanish and American settlers.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley John Monsma
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2007
• EAN: 9780874177046
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-704-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Environmental Arts and Humanit; Environmental Arts and Humanit
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration