The Natural History Of Big Sur

Author : Paul Henson,Donald J. Usner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520917798

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The Natural History of Big Sur by Paul Henson,Donald J. Usner Pdf

Each year millions of people visit the area of rugged California coastline and wild mountains known as Big Sur. Finally here is a book that is both a natural history of this beautiful region and an excellent guide to its extensive public lands. The first section introduces the area's geology, climate, flora, fauna, and human history. The second section describes selected sites, trails, and features that are mentioned in Part One. Although Big Sur is world famous for awe-inspiring scenery, it is less known for its great ecological diversity and its significance as a haven for many species of terrestrial and marine wildlife. In no other part of the world do fog-loving coastal redwoods thrive on one slope of a canyon while arid-climate yuccas grow on the other. Similarly, sea otters and cormorants live near dry-climate creatures like canyon wrens and whiptail lizards. The area's staggering beauty and forbidding wilderness have inspired artists, poets, naturalists, and hikers—and also real estate developers. As increasing tourism, development pressure, and land-use decisions continue to affect Big Sur, this book will do much to heighten awareness of the region's biotic richness and fragility. Written in nontechnical language, with generous color photographs, drawings, maps, species lists, and a bibliography, it will attract both the casual and the serious naturalist, as well as anyone concerned about preserving California's natural heritage.

Author : Jack Kerouac
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735254251

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Big Sur by Jack Kerouac Pdf

Driven mad by three years of endless telegrams, phone calls, mail, and reporters in the wake of the success of On the Road, Jack Kerouac needed peace, quiet, sobriety, and solitude, so he withdrew to a cabin in Big Sur on the Californian coast. Amid the wild beauty of the landscape, Kerouac struggled to come to terms with his own myth and its malign impact on his life. The result is Big Sur, a moving, gritty, and uninhibited autobiographical account of a man struggling with inner demons, blessed by talent and cursed with an urge towards self-destruction—a path lined with bourbon, Manhattans, and scotch. Searingly honest and raw, Big Sur shows a man coming to terms with fame, himself, and the world. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

Author : Jeff Norman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738529133

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Big Sur by Jeff Norman Pdf

Big Sur is a river and a region on California's Central Coast. Extending for 75 miles along the Pacific shore, from south of Carmel to north of San Simeon, the Big Sur Coast is defined by the backdrop of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains as they abruptly descend to meet the sea. For millennia the home of native people, Americans and Europeans began to settle Big Sur country even before California became a state. This book combines outstanding photographs from 40 collections, ranging from family albums to institutional archives.

Author : Paula Huston
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814685068

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The Hermits of Big Sur by Paula Huston Pdf

Between World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolini’s fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton to found a daughter house on the rugged coast of California. A brilliant but world-weary ex-Jesuit, who had recently withdrawn from a high-intensity public life to go into reclusion at the ancient Sacro Eremo of Camaldoli, was tapped for the job. Based on notes kept for over sixty years by an early American novice at New Camaldoli Hermitage, The Hermits of Big Sur tells the compelling story of what unfolds within this small and idealistic community when medievalism must finally come to terms with modernism. It traces the call toward fuga mundi in the young seekers who arrive to try their vocations, only to discover that the monastic life requires much more of them than a bare desire for solitude. And it describes the miraculous transformation that sometimes occurs in individual monks after decades of lectio divina, silent meditation, liturgical faithfulness, and the communal bonds they have formed through the practice of the “privilege of love.”

Author : Barry Parr
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Big Sur (Calif.)
ISBN : 0762735686

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Explore! Big Sur Country by Barry Parr Pdf

Author Barry Parr describes the region along spectacular Highway One, from the parks, lore, history, and scenic riches, giving strong emphasis to the many day-hikes both from the coast and interior roads, and lesser emphasis on selected backpacking routes mainly in the Ventana Wilderness.

Author : Shelley Alden Brooks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520967540

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Big Sur by Shelley Alden Brooks Pdf

Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid-twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeveloped pastoral landscape until 1937, Big Sur quickly became a cultural symbol of California and the West, as well as a home to the ultrawealthy. This transformation was due in part to writers and artists such as Robinson Jeffers and Ansel Adams, who created an enduring mystique for this coastline. But Big Sur’s prized coastline is also the product of the pioneering efforts of residents and Monterey County officials who forged a collaborative public/private preservation model for Big Sur that foreshadowed the shape of California coastal preservation in the twenty-first century. Big Sur’s well-preserved vistas and high-end real estate situate this coastline between American ideals of development and the wild. It is a space that challenges the way most Americans think of nature, of people’s relationship to nature, and of what in fact makes a place “wild.” This book highlights today’s intricate and ambiguous intersections of class, the environment, and economic development through the lens of an iconic California landscape.

Author : Analise Elliot Heid
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899977263

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Hiking and Backpacking Big Sur by Analise Elliot Heid Pdf

This is the most detailed guide to hiking and backpacking in Big Sur. Explore the endless hiking and backpacking possibilities in 75 trips (plus numerous side trips) on the rugged coastline and isolated backcountry trails of Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness, and Silver Peak Wilderness. Stretching 90 miles from Carmel to San Simeon, Big Sur consists of coastal cliffs, jagged rocky promontories, ancient redwood forests, and lush riparian woodlands. This invaluable resource gives the latest information on the trails, roads, camps, and beaches in Big Sur, plus all of the area's state parks and wilderness areas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UCSD:31822020667895

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The NRS Transect by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rosalind Sharpe Wall
Publisher : Wide World Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041006805

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A Wild Coast and Lonely by Rosalind Sharpe Wall Pdf

Author : Anita Alan
Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1423600126

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Big Sur Inn by Anita Alan Pdf

California's Big Sur has it all: majestic redwoods and waterfalls, a rich literary and cultural tradition, and the legendary Big Sur Inn. This illustrated tour travels back in time to reveal the history, legends and storied past of a coastline institution. What started with a dream of Norwegian Helmuth Deetjen became a refuge for artists, travellers and celebrities worldwide, including Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.

Author : Tomi Kay Lussier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0935766278

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Big Sur by Tomi Kay Lussier Pdf

Author : Robert Cross
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Big Sur (Calif.)
ISBN : 9781456711498

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Big Sur Tales by Robert Cross Pdf

Big Sur's scenic grandeur and formidable landscapes have inspired countless artists and writers to capture the essence of Big Sur's magic. Early pioneers struggled to carve out their meager farms and ranchos, a few ships plied the treacherous rocky coastline, some losing their precious cargos at night to vicious storms, gold miners worked the ghost town of Manchester, while loggers stripped tanbark, giant redwoods were harvested, and ranchers exported grizzly bears by boats, and more recently thousands of hippies tried out their culture on the fragile environment. Those who survived it all inspired this book of tales.

Author : Stanley Harlan
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1729074464

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My Mom and Dad on the Coast South of Big Sur by Stanley Harlan Pdf

Take a look back in time at Big Sur and the surrounding areas through the eyes of one family. A journey as told by Stan Harlan of his mom and dad, and enjoyed by all as a timeless tale filled with adventure of those who settled in the expanses of the most beautiful coastline in America.Stan Harlan, the youngest of 3 brothers of George and Esther Harlan, was born in San Jose California on November 11, 1927. As with his two older brothers, their mother, Esther, left the coastal family ranch near Lucia on the Big Sur coast, when she was within a week of giving birth, to be with her mother, and the family doctor in Campbell, California.The return trip to the coastal ranch came a week after Stan's birth. On the final leg of the trip, over the narrow mountain trails, he was placed in a five-gallon kerosene can, which had one side cut out and lined with blankets, then placed and tied on the pack saddle of George's favorite mule, Big Jack. This is how Stan arrived at the family ranch at Lopez Point, as did his brothers before him.The Big Sur area has been his home for all those years and he enjoys sharing his stories, which happens to offer unique historical insight to the areas last 100 years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : California
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132658233

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California History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Romney Steele
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780740779145

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My Nepenthe by Romney Steele Pdf

The author reflects on the history of her family's California restaurant, Nepenthe, and her experiences growing up there; and provides eighty-five recipes and photographs.