California's Channel Islands: A History

by Frederic Caire Chiles

Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century Southern California. This chain of eight islands is home to a biodiversity unrivaled anywhere on Earth. In addition, the Channel Islands reveal the complex geology and the natural and human history of this part of the world, from the first human probing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146877
• ISBN13: 9780806146874
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"