Compass American Guides Coastal California

John Doerper has been traveling the California Coast for more than 30 years, enjoying its beaches, inns, restaurants, and prime camping sites. He is the author of four books describing the pleasures of travel on the Pacific Coast, including Wine Country for Compass American Guides. He has acted as editor and columnist for several publications and has published articles in Travel and Leisure and Pacific Northwest Magazine. Mr. Doerper is the publisher and editor of Pacific Epicure, A Quarterly Journal of Gastronomic Literature. Galen Rowell, one of the most prominent nature photographers in the U.S. today, is the author and photographer of more than a dozen large-format books, including Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, his valuable introduction to outdoor photography, and Bay Area Wild. A regular contributor to National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, and Life, he is also a noted mountaineer, who has climbed in Nepal, Tibet, Alaska, and Patagonia, as well as making more than 100 first ascents in California's High Sierra. Major exhibitions of his work have been held at galleries across the U.S., including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences.Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff is the author of 'Compass American Guides Coastal California' with ISBN 9780679004394 and ISBN 0679004394.