Dangerous Place California's Unsettling Fate

Name: Dangerous Place California's Unsettling Fate
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ISBN: 9780142003831

ISBN-10: 0142003832

ISBN-13: 9780142003831

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marc Reisner

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Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through Californias improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of Africa. Reisner believes that the success of this last great desert civilization hinges on Californias denial of its own inescapable fate: Both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas sit astride two of the most violently seismic zones on the planet. The earthquakes that have already rocked California were, according to Reisner, a mere prologue to a future cataclysm that will result in immense destruction. Concluding with a…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.97" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Marc Reisner was born in 1948 in Ohio. A graduate of Earlham College, he worked for many years at Natural Resources Defense Counsel, where he wrote their newsletter.