From the gigantic Humboldt squid, to the caliche “ghost forest” on San Miguel Island, to the severely threatened Western snowy plover, to the world's only solar-powered Ferris wheel, Exploring Southern California's Beaches and Islands: An Artist's View offers exquisite pen and ink drawings of one of the world's most breathtaking coastlines.
Text by Anacortes authors Don Douglass and Réanne Hemingway-Douglass, emphasizes the beauty of the region as well as the need to protect its marine resources. The Douglasses are authors have cruised the waters of the Salish Sea for many years and are authors of a series of nautical guidebooks.