Book by Obi Kaufmann - Deserts of California

From Obi Kaufmann, author-illustrator of the best-selling California Field Atlas, comes a grand adventure through time, geography, and ecology in California's deserts.

Of a piece with his richly illustrated books The Forests of California and The Coasts of California, this volume features hundreds of vivid watercolor maps and illustrations, blending art and to breathtaking effect. Journeying through the Great Basin, Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts, Kaufmann pays speciel 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 are full of like, as Kaufmann evokes them, are perfect places for meditating on our future, and for imaginging a California that might thrive beyond the age of climate breakdown.

The Deserts of California is a cononical entry into the literature of the American deserts, uniquely colorful and celebratory, and abounding in hope and wonder.