TY - BOOK AU - Kelley,Donald Greame TI - Edge of a continent : : the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja / SN - 0910118191 AV - QH95.3. K455 1971 PY - 1971/// CY - Palo Alto, California : PB - American West Publishing, KW - Natural history KW - Natural history – Pacific Coast (North America) KW - Pacific Coast (North America) KW - North America – Pacific Coast N1 - Contents: The Long Curving Shore: A Four-thousand-mile View. Shaping of a Shore. Currents and Sea Winds. Where Land and Ocean Meet. Life Beyond the Breakers. Edge of the Tide. Birds With Wet Feet. The Marching Sands. Seacliff World -- Islands and Inlets: Islands Beyond the Edge. Lifeguard of the Islands. Islands of the Californias. The Inside Passage. Waters of the Golden Gate. The Sea of Cortés -- Forest North, Desert South: Climates Born of the Sea. Trees of the Totem Culture. A Tide of Timber. Forests of the Fog. Woodlands of the Long Dry Summer. Elfin Forests of the South. Deserts by the Sea -- Barrier and Breach: The Upraised Rim. The Last of the Ice Cap. Rivers Great and Small. Fishing in Coastal Waters. Bridges Across Time. Man on the Western Edge. ER -