Table des matières

INTRODUCTION

• California as Myth
  California as European Myth; The Myth of Northern and Southern California; California as "First in the Nation"; Contemporary California Facts and Fancy
  
• The Land : an Island in Space and Time
  Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Crusty Plates; California Creation : When Worlds Collide; From Fire to Ice : The California Climate; California Flora : Blooming at the Brink; California Fauna : A Lonely Howl in the Wilderness
• The History of the Golden Dream
  California's First People : Foreigners Plant Their Flags; Gold in Them Thar Hills; Dreaming the New Gold Dream; California Government : The Best that Money Can Buy; The People Speak—and Sputter; The Glitter of the Golden State Economy; The People — Always on the Move
• Doing the Dream : Practicalities
  Being Here : Attitude and Attractions; Playing Here : Outdoor Recreation; Staying—and Eating—in the Golden State; Other Details; In the Know : Services and Information; Surviving : Health and Safety; Getting Here, Getting Around

SPECIAL TOPICS

• "Over California"
• Calfed and Current California Water Politics : a Citizens'Primer
  
• "On John Muir's Trail"
• Coastwalking
  
• Area Codes They Are a Changin
• California on Wheels

SAN FRANCISCO

• Life on the Edge
  The Land : Natural San Francisco; History and Culture : Human San Francisco
• Downtown : The Lay of the Land
  Around Union Square; Market Street and the Financial District; On the Waterfront; Civic Center and Vicinity; Western Addition
• Beyond Downtown : The Lay of the Land
  Nob Hill; Chinatown; North Beach and Vicinity: Fisherman's Wharf; Marina District, Cow Hollow, and Pacific Heights; The Avenues; Haight-Ashbury; Mission District; Castro Street and Vicinity; South of Market (SoMa)
• Delights and Diversions
  Walking Tours; Other City Tours; Golden Gate National Recreation Area; Fort Mason; Golden Gate Park; Artful Performing Arts; More Artful, Entertaining San Francisco; Eventful San Francisco; Shopping San Francisco; City Sports and Recreation
• Staying in San Francisco
  Hostels and Other Cheap Sleeps; Inexpensive Hotels; Moderate to Premium Hotels; Boutique Hotels; Top of the Line Hotels; City-Style Bed and Breakfasts
• Eating in San Francisco
  Union Square and Nob Hill; The Financial District and Embarcadero; Civic Center and Vicinity; Chinatown; Jackson Square, North Beach, and Russian Hill; Fisherman's Wharf and Ghirardelli Square; Pacific Heights, the Fillmore, and the Marina District; The Richmond, Seacliff, the Sunset; Haight-Ashbury and Vicinity; The Mission District and the Castro; South of Market (SoMa)
• Just the Facts
  Useful Information; Safety, Essential Services; Transportation : Getting to and from Town; Transportation : Getting around Town

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Walking on Water across that Golden Gate
• San Francisco on Stage
• Clean Up Your Act at Brainwash
• An Open-Minded Guide to Nightclubbing in San Francisco
• Touring the Real Rock
• The Presidio and Fort Point
• The CityPass
• Poetic Amusements.
• Some Hip San Francisco Stays
• Puttin'on the Ritz.
• Cocktail Time.
• The San Francisco Food ? It's Sourdough Bread
• Taking a Taxi

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

• The Peninsula
  San Mateo Coastline : From Pacifica South; Half Moon Bay; From San Gregorio South; Other San Mateo Parks : North; Other San Mateo Parks: South
• Palo Alto
  Stanford University; Other Area Sights; Practical Palo Alto
• San Jose and Vicinity
  Downtown San Jose; More San Jose Adventures: Adventures near San Jose; Practical San Jose
• Oakland
  Seeing and Doing Oakland; Practical Oakland
• Berkeley
  Seeing and Doing Berkeley; Staying in Berkeley; Eating in Berkeley; Practical Berkeley
• East Bay Outback
  East Bay Parks; Outback Communities
• Point Reyes National Seashore
  Seeing and Doing Point Reyes; The Farallon Islands; Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Vicinity; Staying in Western Marin; Eating Well in Western Marin
• Eastern Marin and Vicinity
  Cities and Sights; North Bay Diversions; Staying in Eastern Marin; Eating Well in Eastern Marin

SPECIAL TOPICS

• "At John Muir’s Grave"
• The Mystery of Sir Francis Drake
• Hear Ye, Hear Ye—Where's the Faire ?
• The Bay beyond Marin
• Ask Mr. Jelly Belly

THE WINE COUNTRY

• Small Is Beautiful
  First and Lasting Impressions; A Brief Regional Wine History; Conscious Winetasting
• Napa and Vicinity
  Napa Valley Diversions : Entertaining, Eventful Napa Valley; Town of Napa and Vicinity; Yountville and Vicinity
• Northern Napa Valley : St. Helena and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing St. Helena; Wineries near St. Helena; Famous Area Wineries; Staying in and near St. Helena; Eating in St. Helena; Calistoga and Vicinity
• Lake County
  To Clear Lake; At Clear Lake; East and North of Clear Lake
• Sonoma Valley
  Town of Sonoma; Sonoma Area Wineries; Jack London State Historic Park; Near Jack London Park
• Petaluma
• Santa Rosa and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Santa Rosa; Staying in Santa Rosa; Eating in Santa Rosa; Entertaining Santa Rosa; Practical Santa Rosa: The Basics; Cotati/Rohnert Park; Sebastopol and Vicinity
• The Russian River
  Russian River Resort Area; Practical Russian River; Healdsburg; Wineries near Healdsburg; Geyserville and Vicinity; Cloverdale and Hopland
• Anderson Valley and Ukiah
  Anderson Valley; Ukiah; North of Ukiah

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Area Codes They Are a Changin'
• Wine Country Safari
• The Growling of the Bear Flag Republic
• California's First and Final Flag
• Jack London
• Annadel State Park
• Luther Burbank
• Eventful Santa Rosa
• The Bohemian Grove
• Boontling : A Slib of Lorey
• Talmage and the "City of Ten Thousand Buddhas"
• Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House

THE NORTH COAST

• Land of Magic
  The Landscape; Flora : Redwoods and Wildflowers; Fauna: Elk, Ravens, and Whales; History : Timber and Tourism; North Coast Recreation; North Coast Events and Festivals
• The Sonoma Coast
  Bodega Bay and Vicinity; Sonoma Coast State Beaches; Fort Ross State Historic Park; Timber Cove to Sea Ranch
• The Southern Mendocino Coast
  Gualala and Vicinity; Point Arena; To Mendocino
• Mendocino and the Mendocino Coast
  Seeing and Doing Mendocino : Seeing and Doing Fort Bragg; Mendocino Area Parks and Recreation; Staying in and near Mendocino; Staying in Fort Bragg; Eating in Mendocino; Eating near Mendocino; Eating in Fort Bragg; Eventful, Artful Mendocino Coast; Mendocino Coast Information and Services : To Willits — or Westport
• The Lost (and Found) Coast
  King Range National Conservation Area; Sinkyone Wilderness State Park; Lost (and Found) Towns
• Eel River Country
  Leggett to Benbow; Garberville; Humboldt Redwoods State Park; Scotia and Vicinity; Fortuna and Highway 36; Ferndale and Vicinity
• Eureka
  Seeing and Doing Eureka; Staying in Eureka; Eating in Eureka; Eventful, Artful, Entertaining Eureka; Practical Eureka
• Arcata and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Arcata; Staying in Arcata; Eating in Arcata; Arcata Information and Services; North from Arcata; Trinidad and Vicinity
• Redwood National Park and Vicinity
  Park Flora and Fauna; The Politics of Park Preservation; Seeing and Doing Redwood National Park; Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park; Klamath and Vicinity; Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park; Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park; Practical Redwood National Park; Smith River National Recreation Area; Six Rivers National Forest; Crescent City and Vicinity

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Area Codes They Are a Changin'
• Standing on Shaky Ground
• Coastal Redwoods
• Story without End : The Politics of Harvesting Redwoods
• "Yurok Time"
• Almost Lost Land : The Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Park
• Heading for Headwaters
• Blue Ox MiHworks
• A Moving Tribute to "Form over Substance"

THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS

• Klamath Mountains
  Trinity Mountains : Weaverville and Vicinity; Practical Weaverville and Vicinity; Salmon River; Marble Mountain Wilderness; Yreka
• Mount Shasta and Vicinity
  The Land : In the Cascades' Alley; Shasta History; Shasta Recreation; Mount Shasta City; Near Mount Shasta City; McCloud; Castle Crags; Shasta Dam; Shasta Lake
• Redding and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Greater Redding; Practical Redding and Vicinity
• Lassen Volcanic National Park and Vicinity
  The Land : Mountain-Ripped-Apart; Volcanic History; Native Peoples; Seeing and Doing Lassen; Near Lassen; Practical Lassen; Eagle Lake; Susanville and Vicinity; North and West of Lassen; Burney Falls and Vicinity

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Occult Visitors
• The Central Valley Project
  
• Ishi Country
• Words Stay

MODOC COUNTRY

• The Land : "Smiles of God"
• Lava Beds and Vicinity
  The Modoc Indian War and "The Dark and Bloody Ground"; Lava Beds National Monument and Vicinity; Medicine Lake Highlands; Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges
• Warner Mountains
  South Warner Wilderness; Alturas; Near Alturas

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Apologies to Water Birds
• Bad Medicine at Medicine Lake ?

THE SIERRA NEVADA

• Range of Light
  The Land : Carved by Fire and Ice; A Land under Siege; Sierra Flora; Sierra Fauna; Seeing and Doing the Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Health and Safety; Practical Sierra Nevada
• Lake Tahoe and Vicinity
  Tahoe Past to Present; Tahoe Area Sights; Tahoe Area Hiking and Backpacking; Lake of the Sky Skiing; More Tahoe Recreation : Lake of the Sky Stays : North; Lake of the Sky Stays : South; Eating Well High in the Sky : North Tahoe; Eating Well High in the Sky : South Tahoe; Eventful Tahoe; Tahoe Area Information; Tahoe Area Transportation
• Near Tahoe
  North of Tahoe—Truckee; South from Tahoe; Near Carson Pass; Southeast from Picketts Junction; Ebbetts Pass and Vicinity; Sonora Pass and Vicinity
• Mono Lake and Vicinity
  Mono Lake Natural History and Sights; Practical Mono Lake; North from Mono Lake : Bodie and Vicinity; South from Mono Lake : The June Lake Loop
• Mammoth Lakes and Vicinity
  Mammoth Lakes and the Mammoth Lakes Basin; Practical Mammoth; Bishop and Vicinity; From Bishop to Independence; Mount Whitney and Lone Pine
• Yosemite and Vicinity
  Yosemite Hikes and Backpacks; Other Yosemite Diversions and Recreation; Staying in Yosemite; Eating in Yosemite; Entertaining Yosemite; Yosemite Information and Transportation
• The Southern Sierra Nevada
  Near Yosemite : Sierra National Forest and Vicinity; Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

SPECIAL TOPICS

• A Threatened
• Natural Community
• The Demise of the Sierra Bighorn ?
• Going the Easy Way : Guided Pack Trip
• Educational Adventures in the Sierra Nevada
• Ski Touring and Winter Mountaineering
• The War Waged for Mono Lake
• Return to Manzanar
• High Sierra Hikers'Camps
• Yosemite Mountaineering

THE GOLD COUNTRY

• Old Gold Dreams
  The Land : A Mother Lode; History : Gold in Them Thar Hills; Mining History : Scratching the Surface; Native People; Mining Modern Gold : Travel and Recreation
• Nevada City
  Seeing and Doing Nevada City; Staying in Nevada City; Eating in Nevada City; Artful, Entertaining Nevada City; Nevada City Basics
• North of Nevada City
  San Juan Ridge; Malakoff Diggins; Into the Sierra Nevada; Downieville; Sierra City; Lakes Basin; East on Highway 49
• Grass Valley
  Seeing and Doing Grass Valley; Staying in Grass Valley; Eating in Grass Valley; Eventful Grass Valley; Practical Grass Valley; Near Grass Valley
• Auburn and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Auburn; Practical Auburn; "Auburn Dam" and Vicinity; Coloma
• Placerville and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Hangtown; Slaying in Hangtown; Eating in Hangtown; Entertaining. Eventful Hangtown; Practical Hangtown : Apple Hill and Vicinity; Plymouth and Vicinity; Fiddletown and Drytown; Amador City; Sutter Creek
• Jackson and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Jackson; Practical Jackson; lone; Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park; Volcano and Vicinity; Mokelumne Hill; San Andreas and Vicinity
• Angels Camp and Vicinity
  Practical Angels Camp; Around Angels Camp; Murphys; Calaveras Big Trees State Park
• Columbia
  Seeing and Doing Columbia; Practical Columbia
• Sonora
  Seeing and Doing Sonora; Staying in Sonora; Eating in Sonora; Entertaining, Eventful Sonora; Practical Sonora; Vicinity of Sonora
• Jamestown and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Jimtown : Practical Jimtown; Around Jamestown; Coulterville; Around Coulterville
• Mariposa to Bass Lake
  Mariposa and Vicinity; Oakhurst; Vicinity of Oakhurst; Bass Lake

SPECIAL TOPICS

• The Notorious Lola Montes and Little Lotta Crabfree
• Black Bart
• Eleanor Dumont, "Madame Moustache"
• Joaquin Murrieta : Robin Hood of the Placers
• Mark Twain
• E Clampus Vitus
• The Museum of Ancient and Modem Art (MAMA)

THE GREAT VALLEY

• The Land : One Sweet Bee Garden
  The Natural Valley; The Land as Farmland
• Sacramento and Vicinity
  The Big Tomato; A Capital History; Old Sacramento Sights; More Capital Sights; Capital Sports and Recreation; Some Capital Stays; Capital Fare on the Fly; Capital Fare : Downtown and Vicinity; Capital Fare : Midtown : Capital Fare : East Sacramento/Gourmet Gulch; Capital Fare Elsewhere; Capital Coffee and Dessert; Capital Events; Capital Arts and Entertainment; Capital Shopping; Capital Information : Capital Transportation; Near Sacramento : Folsom and Vicinity; Near Sacramento : Davis and Vicinity
• The Sacramento Valley
  Sutler Buttes; Twin Cities : Yuba City and Marysville; North Valley Wildlife Refuges; Gridley and Colusa
• Chico and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Chico; Staying in Chico; Eating in Chico; Eventful and Entertaining Chico; Practical Chico; Near Chico : Sights and Outings; Oroville; Red Bluff and Vicinity
• The San Joaquin Valley
  Modesto; Merced and Vicinity; Fresno and Vicinity; Visalia; Bakersfield

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Maidu Creation Myth
• Water Engineering : Taming a Wild River
• The Lesson of Birds : Six"
• California's Grapes of Wrath
• The New Grapes of Wrath : The Kesterson Story
• California's Homeless Governors
• The B Street Theater
• Adventuring near Davis
• "The Lesson of Birds : Seven"
• High-Minded Mavericks : The Bidwell Legacy.
• "The Vina Cemetery"

THE DELTA

• The Land : Reclaimed Jungle
• Seeing and Doing the Delta
  Stockton; Other Delta Destinations; The Practical Delta

SPECIAL TOPICS

• When the Levee Breaks
• Unique Delta Entertainment : Poker Runs

THE MONTEREY BAY AREA

• One Bay, Many Worlds
  Monterey Bay by Land and by Sea; Natural Monterey Bay; Monterey Bay History : California Firsts; Native Peoples; Monterey Bay Diversions; Monterey Bay Transportation
• Santa Cruz and Vicinity
  The Boardwalk; Other Santa Cruz Sights; At the Beach; Out on the Water; Santa Cruz Camping; Staying in Santa Cruz; Staying near Santa Cruz; Eating in Santa Cruz; Eating near Santa Cruz; Eventful Santa Cruz; Artful, Entertaining Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Information and Services; Santa Cruz Transportation
• Near Santa Cruz
  Año Nuevo State Reserve; Coastal Hostels; Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Other Parks near Big Basin
• South of Santa Cruz
  Watsonville and Vicinity; Gilroy and Vicinity; San Juan Bautista and Vicinity; Moss Landing and Vicinity
• Salinas and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Salinas; The Steinbeck Legacy; Practical Salinas; South from Salinas; Pinnacles National Monument
• Monterey : A Nostalgia, a Dream
  Monterey Bay Aquarium : Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf; Monterey State Historic Park; Other Monterey Sights : Monterey Outdoors; The Sand Dune Cities; Monterey Camping and Low-Cost Alternatives; Monterey Motels and Hotels; Monterey Bed and Breakfasts; Eating in Monterey; Eventful Monterey; Monterey Information; Monterey Transportation
• Pacific Grove and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Pacific Grove; Pacific Grove Hotels and Motels; Pacific Grove Bed and Breakfasts; Eating in Pacific Grove
• Carmel and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Carmel; Staying in Carmel; Staying in Carmel Highlands; Staying in Carmel Valley; Eating in Carmel; Entertaining, Eventful Carmel; Carmel Information and Transportation; Point Lobos; Near Carmel

SPECIAL TOPICS

• The Curse of Monterey Pine Pitch Canker
• Serra : Saint or Sinner ?
• The Modern Monterey Bay Economy
• Monterey Peninsula Golfing
• Cruisin' Santa Cruz Wineries
• The Santa Cruz Slugs
• Going Coastal
• Wilder Ranch State Park
• Sequoia : What's in a Name ?
• The Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad
• Putting the Bay on Display
• Monterey's Distinctive Architecture
• The Monarch Butterflies and Butterfly Trees

THE CENTRAL COAST

• The Land : A Contrary Coast
  Big Sur and Falling Meteors
• The Big Sur Story; Big Sur Recreation; Heading South : Big Sur Sights; Practical Big Sur
• San Simeon and Vicinity
  The Cast of Characters; The Set : Lights, Action, Cameras; Near San Simeon; Practical San Simeon and Vicinity; The Central Coast : San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara

SPECIAL TOPICS

• The Esalen Institute
• Nepenthe
• Life in Harmony

BOOKLIST

INDEX