Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World

by David Carle and Janet Carle

Book Overview

Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle make their home. Former park rangers, the authors set out on an around-the-world journey in search...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520266544
• ISBN13: 9780520266544
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"