{"product_id":"9781597146180","title":"The Deserts of California","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent illustrated journey into California’s famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Obi Kaufmann, author-illustrator of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Field Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a grand adventure through time, geography, and ecology in California’s deserts. Of a piece with his richly illustrated books \u003ci\u003eThe Forests of California\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Coasts of California\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, Kaufmann 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. From Joshua Tree to Death Valley, these deserts full of life, as Kaufmann evokes them, are perfect places for meditating on our future, and for imagining a California that might thrive beyond the age of climate breakdown. \u003ci\u003eThe Deserts of California\u003c\/i\u003e is a canonical entry into the literature of the American deserts, uniquely colorful and celebratory, and abounding in hope and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obi Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Heyday |  Paperback \/ softback | Flexible plastic\/vinyl cover |  2023-10-20","offer_id":44230064537855,"sku":"9781597146180","price":82.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2d9eb652-2dd4-4959-b144-756f5e790ac2.jpg?v=1692997911","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781597146180","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}