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| The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) | 
| Author: John Muir Laws
Publisher: Heyday Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 17066
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 366
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5 x 0.3
ISBN: 159714052X
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.7944
EAN: 9781597140522
ASIN: 159714052X
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
With more than 2,800 original watercolor illustrations, John Muir Laws has masterfully catalogued over 1,700 species of Sierra trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, and other small animals. The guide is designed for quick and easy use in the field. Color tabs and a unique system of keys and organization assist in the quick identification of the living things encountered along the trail, while Laws s illustrations capture the feeling of plants and animals with detail critical for their classification.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Great Sierra field guide June 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have at least 10 books specifically on Sierra wildflowers and several field guides. This is the best all-in-one book. It's not too heavy for me to carry on a day hike.
Janice
in the Sierra
Nature Guide extrordinaire June 13, 2008
John Muir Law's Guide to hiking in the Sierra Nevada is lush with his artistic renditions of all you might see, and want to identify, as you hike this area. Small enough to carry in your back pack, but chock full of helpful information.
sierra nevada May 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is stunning!..Beautiful artwork by the author as well as meaningful interpretations of wild life. The author is a gift to natural books as well as his art!
the laws field guide to the sierra nevada May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is amazing. With all the different species of life.
I'm going to keep it in my car. Some times when we're driving; my husband will say "what kind of bird was that" or "what kind of flower".
It's very imformative and very handy.
Thank you
Art for the Sierra Crowd May 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This field guide is perfect for the hiker and camper or general nature lover who lives near the Sierra Mountain range in central California or who intends to vist that region. The authur has drawn almost all of the animal, flowers,insect and bird life to be found in the Western and eastern Sierra mountain range in beautful color by hand. To identify the various life forms you simply look under the various topies and you no doubt will ID that strange bug or plant. You can trust the author and his work is among the best selling of the genre. This is one of the most readable guides to life in the Sierra's and the artwork is first rate. This little guide is perfect for the rucksack crowd in terms of size and weight. This guide has limited written commitary as the artwork is the key to this field guide. This is a well-designed book, making for effortless page-turning and the writer/artist really get into the detail of the creatures shown. You will enjoy your quick hike much more and will have a dramatic change of atmosphere as you reference the life surrounding you in these mountains of great beauty. I recommend this guide highly.
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