Exploring Southern California's Beaches and Islands - An Artist View

From the gigantic Humboldt squid, to the caliche “ghost forest’ on San Miguel Island, to the severely threatened Western snowy plover, to the world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel, Exploring Southern California’s Beaches and Islands: An Artist View offers exquisite pen and ink drawings of one of the world’s most breathtaking coastline. Artist Margy Gates brings to life the natural history of Catalina Island, Channel Islands National Park, the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, and more. With Reanne and Don Douglasses’ vivid descriptions of the flora and fauna, along the Southern California coast, Exploring Southern California’s Beaches is an extraordinary book for anyone interested in the natural history of the Southern California coast.