A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands |
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| Author:
| Pilkey, Orrin H.
Fraser, Mary Edna |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-11970-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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From the North Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands, and Colombia to Vietnam, barrier islands protect much of the world's coastlines from the ravages of the sea. A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands is one part stunning coffee table book, and one part state-of-the-art popular science, and it will take readers on a long-distance journey from pole to pole and hemisphere to hemisphere that is altogether original.
From the North Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands, and Colombia to Vietnam, barrier islands protect much of the world's coastlines from the ravages of the sea. A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands is one part stunning coffee table book, and one part state-of-the-art popular science, and it will take readers on a long-distance journey from pole to pole and hemisphere to hemisphere that is altogether original.