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The Left Coast: California on the Edge

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Philip L. Fradkin, one of California's most acclaimed environmental historians, felt drawn to the coast as soon as he arrived in California in 1960. His first book, "California: The Golden Coast", captured the wonder of the shoreline's natural beauty along with the controversies it engendered. In "The Left Coast", the author and his photographer son Alex Fradkin revisit some of the same places they explored together in the early 1970s. From their written and visual approaches, this father-son team brings a unique generational perspective to the subject. Mixing history, geography, interviews, personal experiences, and photographs, they find a wealth of stories and memorable sights in the multiplicity of landscapes, defined by them as the Wild, Agricultural, Residential, Tourist, Recreational, Industrial, Military, and Political coasts. Alex Fradkin's expressive photographs add a layer of meaning, enriching the subject with their distinctive eloquence while bringing a visual dimension to his father's words. In this way, the book becomes the story of a close relationship within a probing study of a varied and contested coastline.

Table of Contents:
Prologue Coastal Memories The Wild Coast The Agricultural Coast The Residential Coast The Tourist Coast The Recreational Coast The Industrial Coast The Military Coast The Political Coast Photographer's Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Suggested Reading Index

About the Author :
Philip L. Fradkin is the author of eleven books, including A River No More, The Seven States of California, Magnitude 8, Wildest Alaska, The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906, and Wallace Stegner and the American West, all available from UC Press. Alex Fradkin is a fine art photographer whose work has been widely exhibited and is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Portland Art Museum. His work also appears regularly in print and online publications around the world.

Review :
"Intertwines history, geology, memories, and anecdotes in flowing, poetic text that meanders through time." Publishers Weekly 20110711 "The author wields a pen, memories of the past, and keen interviewing skills, while the artist presents breathtaking color photographs that capture the coast's magic... Visitors to the Golden State could easily skip conventional guidebooks and keep The Left Coast handy for a thorough and engaging tour." Foreword 20110601 "The contrast between the ocean's nothingness and civilization's muchness is captured by the photographs of Alex L. Fradkin" Wall Street Journal 20110709 "An endearing but honest look at California's coast ... 'The Left Coast' is well-illustrated, thoughtful, and detailed enough to serve as a guidebook." North County Times 20110710 "Alex Fradkin's photographs are at times surreal and at times gritty...while Philip Fradkin's narrative weaves in and out, breaking down the coast into manageable chunks." SF Weekly 20110819 "Fascinating, unpredictable and affecting. Alex Fradkin's photographs also defy expectations, rendering familiar places and situations from novel and challenging perspectives." -- Dean Brierly Black & White / Color 20111201 "This handsome book includes dozens of color plates of California's famous beaches... [The] photographs are technically superb, lyrical, and often haunting." -- Zara Raab San Francisco Book Review 20111004 "It is, at once, a memoir, a work of investigative journalism, and a portfolio of fine art, all of which is sharply focused on the California shoreline." -- Jonathan Kirsch Jewish Journal 20110701 "A good introduction. Hopefully this body of work will go on tour to major venues on the coast." -- Claudia Chapline Artswell 20110609


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780520255098
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 126
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 771 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0520255097
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jun 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: California on the Edge
  • Width: 254 mm


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