Author: Bobette V. Nelson
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Channel Islands Research
Author: Bobette V. Nelson
Publisher:
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395069629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395069629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Final environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed Channel Islands marine sanctuary
Author: National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management
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Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Publisher:
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Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement Prepared on the Proposed Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
Author: National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management
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Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Channel Island Marine Sanctuary, Designation
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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America's Galapagos
Author: Corinne Heyning Laverty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607817291
Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Laverty has researched and written about the Channel Islands Biological Survey conducted just prior to World War II off the coast of southern California and aborted due to the war and island location. The manuscript illuminates the scientific process and delves into the realities and difficulties of scientific fieldwork in the late 1930s. It also tells the behind-the-scenes story of the work of a natural history museum. The eight Channel Islands each support different ecosystems, both flora and fauna, and human histories. Five of the eight islands comprise Channel Islands National Park. The expedition researchers--John Adams Comstock, Art Woodward, Jack von Bloeker Jr., and Don Meadows--hoped to achieve the exhilaration and recognition from new discoveries but were thwarted by the war and their inability to complete and publish the survey data. However, early archaeology done on the islands, some by the biological survey crew, initiated on-going work there. Prehistoric sites found on the islands have less pothunting and destruction than those on the mainland, hence they are more productive for addressing numerous questions. Today, they are helping to answer questions about the routes and timing for the peopling of the Americas"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607817291
Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Laverty has researched and written about the Channel Islands Biological Survey conducted just prior to World War II off the coast of southern California and aborted due to the war and island location. The manuscript illuminates the scientific process and delves into the realities and difficulties of scientific fieldwork in the late 1930s. It also tells the behind-the-scenes story of the work of a natural history museum. The eight Channel Islands each support different ecosystems, both flora and fauna, and human histories. Five of the eight islands comprise Channel Islands National Park. The expedition researchers--John Adams Comstock, Art Woodward, Jack von Bloeker Jr., and Don Meadows--hoped to achieve the exhilaration and recognition from new discoveries but were thwarted by the war and their inability to complete and publish the survey data. However, early archaeology done on the islands, some by the biological survey crew, initiated on-going work there. Prehistoric sites found on the islands have less pothunting and destruction than those on the mainland, hence they are more productive for addressing numerous questions. Today, they are helping to answer questions about the routes and timing for the peopling of the Americas"--Provided by publisher.
Channel Islands National Park (N.P.), Santa Cruz Island Primary Restoration Plan, Santa Barbara County
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Channel Islands National Park (N.P.), Santa Rosa Island, Improvement of Water Quality and Conservation of Rare Species and Their Habitats
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Archaeological Overview of the Northern Channel Islands Including Santa Barbara Island
Author: Michael A. Glassow
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Economy and State
Author: Nina Bandelj
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745644554
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745644554
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy.