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The Deserts of California
by Obi Kaufmann
The author leads us on a magnificent illustrated journey into California’s famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain. This volume features hundreds of vivid watercolor maps and illustrations, blending art and science to breathtaking effect. Journeying through the Great Basin, Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts, he pays special attention to national and state parks and monuments, and to the dozens of wilderness areas that reveal the underappreciated natural abundance of California’s arid lands. Paperback.