Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, The (California Academy of Sciences)
by John Muir Laws
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Author: John Muir LawsIllustrator: John Muir Laws
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN: 159714052X
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Heyday
Book Reviews of Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, The (California Academy of Sciences)
Book Review: Chipmunk Diversity and Beyond
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have room for only one Sierra Nevada guidebook in your pack, make it this little gem. A beautiful resource for better understanding the region, it includes entries on insects, tracks, stars, scat, and mushrooms as well as the usual plants, birds, and animals. Dense with illustration, it's the perfect all-ages introduction to field guides. Well-researched natural-history notes pull the reader more deeply into the story of these iconic mountains.
This comprehensive 8-inch by 4-inch book is a beautiful resource for better understanding the flora and fauna of the Sierra Nevada. Providing detailed sections on insects, tracks, stars, scat, and mushrooms as well as plants, birds, and animals, this book offers the in-field identification tools that spark interest for more research once at home. Since the book is focused on illustration, it is a perfect all-age introduction to using field guides. Jack Laws supplemented his own field research and subsequent illustrations with the extensive specimen resources at The California Academy of Sciences, ensuring accuracy. He also field-tested the book with all ages, collecting input from children and young adults in addition to veteran adult hikers and back packers.
The guide came to my attention in the summer of 2006. Heyday Books founder and publisher Malcom Margolin was a guest speaker at the Sierra Nevada Alliance's Annual Conference at Lake Tahoe. Instead of the expected sound-bite sales pitch, Margolin brought to light some little known facts included in Laws' book: for instance, did you know that the Sierra Nevada has the world's greatest diversity of chipmunks? Or that when you see a lizard doing push-ups he really is deliberately puffing himself up to look larger? These kinds of natural history insights are woven throughout Laws Field Guide, and are designed to increase awareness of the Sierra Nevada's rare biodiversity.
Laws' vision of conservation for the remaining riches in the Sierra Nevada environment kept him motivated throughout six years of book development. In the intro to his book, he states, "By observing, interacting and discovering, we come to know and love. This love and knowledge is what motivates us to stewardship. Inspiring conservation and stewardship is my best hope for "The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada."
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Summary of Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, The (California Academy of Sciences)
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.State & Local Books
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