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THE GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY: California's Heartland By*Stephen*Johnson,*Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson University of California Press, pages CALIFORNIA put out an early call for ''men to match my mountains,'' and the Sierra (and later, the coastline) have gotten most of the attention ever by: • The Great Central Valley- A splendid and evocative book by Gerald Haslam, Stephen Johnson, and Robert Dawson- who are all all Greater Central Valley California natives--is the first book to delve into detail the social and rich natural history of the agricultural heartland.

This marvelously evocative book by Stephen Johnson, Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson—all natives of the Great Central Valley of California—is the first to explore in detail the rich natural and social history of the state's agricultural heartland/5.

About the Book This marvelously evocative book by Stephen Johnson, Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson—all natives of the Great Central Valley of California—is the first to explore in detail the rich natural and social history of the state's agricultural heartland. The Great Central Valley, Bakersfield: See 25 reviews, articles, and 4 photos of The Great Central Valley, ranked No on Tripadvisor among 30 attractions in Bakersfield/5(25).

The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland Stephen Johnson, Gerald Haslam and Robert Dawson $45 softbound $ hard cover. out of print, collectors copies Special Limited Edition in boxed linen-bound set with two original photographs. copies, signed and numbered $1, Published by University of California Press, this full color, highly evocative book has received rave reviews from.

THE GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY is a fat, heavy, glossy-paged book of photographs taken throughout the heart of California. Valley native Gerald Haslam, who has written extensively about this region, provides the text.

The Table of Contents is/5. Central Valley, also called the Great Central Valley, valley, California, U.S. Extending from Shasta county in the north to Kern county in the south, it covers ab square miles (47, square km) and parallels the Pacific coast for about miles ( km).Averaging about 40 miles (65 km) in width, it is almost totally enclosed by mountains, including the Klamath Mountains (north.

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The Central Valley, also known as the Great Valley of California, covers ab square miles and is one of the more notable structural depressions in the world.

Occupying a central position in California, it is bounded by the Cascade Range to the north, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Tehachapi Mountains to the south, and the Coast. Description This marvelously evocative book by Stephen Johnson, Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson—all natives of the Great Central Valley of California—is the first to explore in detail the rich natural and social history of the state's agricultural n: The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland by Gerald Haslam; Robert Dawson; Stephen Johnson.

University of California Press, Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact.

Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or. The Great Central Valley Project is an exhibit and book using landscape photography to examine this dramatically human-altered agricultural heartland of California.

Photographers Stephen Johnson, Robert Dawson and author Gerald Haslam assembled this work as a. The Great Central Valley, Bakersfield: Address, The Great Central Valley Reviews: //5(25).

About this book. Photographic exploration of the natural and social history of the Great Central Valley. Customer Reviews. Review this book. Biography. Stephen Johnson teaches photography at Skyline College and the College of San Mateo. He edited and designed At Mono Lake ().

Gerald Haslam is Professor of English at Sonoma State University. This marvelously evocative book by Stephen Johnson, Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson—all natives of the Great Central Valley of California—is the first to explore in detail the rich natural and social history of the state's agricultural heartland.

Great Central Valley, also referred as the Central Valley or the Great. Valley, is an elongate depression that lies between the Coast Ranges and the. Sierra Nevada.

It is about miles long and about 75 miles wide. Great Central Valley is actually 2 large valleys lying end to end, each. drained by a major river. HIGHWAY A LITERARY JOURNEY THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY is an anthology of writings owing to Central Valley. Known in passing through and in memoir, the ground along Highway 99 has contributed to the literature of the twentieth century through such figures as Gary Snyder, Joan Didion, Maxine Hong Kingston, Joh/5(12).

The Great Flood of was the worst flood that the Central Valley has experienced in recorded history, flooding most of the valley and putting some places as much as 20 feet under water. Major public works projects beginning in the s sought to reduce the amount of. The great Central Valley of the state is under water—the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys—a region to miles long and an average of at least 20 miles wide, a district of 5, or 6, square miles, or probably three to three and a half million acres!

Although much of it is not cultivated, yet a part of it is the garden of the state.“ The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California’s Great Central Valley  should be an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the interplay of ecology and policy in the history of California’s Central Valley.

The book has a place alongside the standards of the field.”.THE GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY is a fat, heavy, glossy-paged book of photographs taken throughout the heart of California. Valley native Gerald Haslam, who .