California

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The symbol that distinguishes this series of books is a stylization of the Chinese character for beauty, the theme that underlies each volume in This Beautiful World. Excellent fullcolor photographs accompany an authoritative yet easily readable text; each book will open up new, fascinating horizons to the armchair or seasoned traveler as well as the generál reader. The titles on the back flap are just a sample of the peoples, places, and arts encompassed. California-the Golden State-the land of promise-few places on earth are as favorably endowed as this empire within a nation. Possessing the geographical features of an entire continent-mountains, deserts, fertile valleys, sandy beaches and deep harbors-California is now the most populous state in the unión. The unique geography of the state provides both an ideál place to live and the nation's most varied recreation area. From the heavily populated coast, it is only a few hours' drive to moonlike wastelands in Death Valley, almost... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The symbol that distinguishes this series of books is a stylization of the Chinese character for beauty, the theme that underlies each volume in This Beautiful World. Excellent fullcolor photographs accompany an authoritative yet easily readable text; each book will open up new, fascinating horizons to the armchair or seasoned traveler as well as the generál reader. The titles on the back flap are just a sample of the peoples, places, and arts encompassed. California-the Golden State-the land of promise-few places on earth are as favorably endowed as this empire within a nation. Possessing the geographical features of an entire continent-mountains, deserts, fertile valleys, sandy beaches and deep harbors-California is now the most populous state in the unión. The unique geography of the state provides both an ideál place to live and the nation's most varied recreation area. From the heavily populated coast, it is only a few hours' drive to moonlike wastelands in Death Valley, almost three hundred feet below sea level, or to fourteen-thousand-foot mountain peaks covered with the deepest snowpack in the United States. The warm southern surf, the giant sequoias, desert hotspring resorts, glacier-sculptured Yosemite, and sun-drenched vineyards and orchards; the vigorous and diversified Los Angeles megapolis, cosmopolitan and proud San Francisco-this land is truly a Western paradise. Vissza