Reading List
Your enjoyment of the trip will be enhanced with knowledge of the area. To encourage you to do some pre-trip reading, here is a selected list of resources. We also have references on board Delphinus, Searcher, and Samba.
Reading List
SF Bay & Delta
Gilliam, H., San Francisco Bay. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1957.
Livingston, K., Sailing the Bay. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1981.
Schell, H., Cruising California's Delta, Stockton, CA: Schell Books, 1995.
Baja California
Case, Ted J. & Martin L. Cody, editors. Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortez. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Bostic, Dennis. A Natural History Guide to the Pacific Coast and North Central Baja California and Adjacent Islands. San Diego: Biological Educational Expeditions, 1975.Brusca, Richard C. Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California. Univ. Of Arizona Press, 1980.
Farmer, Wesley M. Tidepool Wonders of the Sea of Cortez III. Sunlight Press, 1990. ISBN 0-937772-02-X.
Janovy, John Jr. Vermilion Sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Krutch, Joseph Wood & Eliot Porter. Baja California and the Geography
of Hope. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1957.
Lewis, Leland R. & Peter E. Ebeling. Baja Sea Guide. Newport Beach: SEA Publications, 1971.
Roberts, Norman C. Baja California Plant Field Guide. La Jolla:
Natural History Publishing Co., 1989. ISBN: 0-9603144.
Steinbeck, John. The Log from the Sea of Cortez. New York: Viking
Press, 1951.
Steinbeck, John & E. F. Ricketts. Sea of Cortez. New York: Paul Appel, 1971.
Thomson, Donald A. & Nonie McKibbin. Gulf of California Fishwatcher's Guide. Tucson, AZ: Golden Puffer Press, 1976.
Thomson, Donald A., Lloyd T. Findley, & Alex N. Kerstitch. Reef Fishes of the Sea of Cortez. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979.
Zwinger, Ann. A Desert Country Near the Sea. New York: Harper & Row, 1983.
West Mexico
Alden, Peter. Finding Birds in Western Mexico. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1960. (This is the book that originally got many of us going to San Blas. Thank you Peter Alden.)
Gulick, Howard E. Nayarit. Mexico: A Traveler's Guidebook. Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1965.
Howell, Steven N. G. And Sophi Webb. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and North Central America. Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
Leatherwood, Steve & R. R. Reeves. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1981.Leopold, A. Starker. Wildlife of Mexico. Berkeley: Univ. Of Calif. Press, 1959.
Presman, M. Walter. Meet Flora Mexicana. Globe, AZ, 1962.
Galapagos (Ecuador)
Beebe, W.
Galapagos World's End. New York, 1961. Quito, Ecuador. 1987.
ISBN9978-9902-2-4.
Bower, K. & Porter, Eliot. Galapagos, The Flow of Wilderness.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, Inc., 1968.
Bowman, R. I., editor. The Galapagos: Proceedings of the Galapagos
International Scientific Project, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1966.
Darwin,
C. The Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859.
De Roy, Tui. Galapagos: Islands Lost in Time. New York: Viking
Press, 1980.
Jackson,
M. H. Galapagos: A Natural History Guide. Univ. Of Calgary Press,
1989. ISBN: 0-919813-10-0. (Highly recommended!)
Lack, D. Darwin's Finches. 1947 MacFarland, C. "Giant
Tortoises, Goliaths of the Galapagos", National Geographic,
142 No. 5, 1972.
Merlen, Godfrey. A Field Guide to the Fishers of Galapagos. Ediciones
Libri Muni.
Rosenberg, Steve & Sarbone, Ellen. Diving Guide: Galapagos Islands. Florida, 2004
Thornton, I. Darwin's Islands. A Natural History of the Galapagos. New York, 1971.
Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter, Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford Univ., 1971.
Whittmer, M. Foreana. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1961 (English translation).
Alaska
General
Bailey, Jo & Carl Nyberg. Gunkholing in the San Juan Islands.
San Juan Enterprises, 2000.
Bohn, Dave. Glacier Bay: The Land and the Silence. Sierra Club
Books, 1967.
Burroughs, John. Far and Near. 1901, Kessinger Publishing, reprint
on request.
Burroughs, John. Time and Change (The Complete Writings of John Burroughs).
Fredonia Books, 2001.
Calhoun, Bruce. Mac & the Princess: The Story of Princess Louisa
Inlet and James F. Macdonald. Ricwalt Publishing Company, 1976.
Caras, Roger. Monarch of Deadman Bay. Viking Press, 1978.
Durban, Kathie. Tongass: Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska
Rain Forest. Oregon State University Press, 2005.
Gurney, Michelle. Alaska's Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage,
10th edition. Globe Pequot, 2006.
Jacobsen, Johan. Alaskan Voyage, 1881-1883: An Expedition to the Northwest
Coast of America. University of Chicago Press, 1977.
Kent, Rockwell. Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska.
University Press of New England, 1996.
Ketchum, Carey & Robert. The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rainforest.
Aperture, 1994.
Kyte, Don. Southeast Alaska Flightseeing via Seabee: Glaciers, Whales
& Bears from one Man's Vintage Amphibian. Seabee Publishing,
available from www.strangebirds.com or Seabee Publishing at 257 Ostego
Drive Fort Myers Beach FL 33931 dukyte@comcast.net.
L'Amour, Louis. Sitka. Bantam Books, 1984.
Litwin, Thomas. The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century
of Change, 1899–2001. Nature, 2005.
Michener, James. Alaska: A Novel. 1988, Random House, reprint
2002.
Muir, John. Travels In Alaska. 1915, Kessinger Publishing, reprint
2004.
Nelson, Richard. The Island Within. 1989, Vintage, reprint 1991.
Pitcher, Don. Moon Handbooks Alaska. Avalon Travel Publishing,
8th edition 2004.
Satterfield, Archie. Alaska Bush Pilots in the Float Country.
BackInPrint.com, 2001.
Sharp, Robert. Glaciers. Condon Lectures. Oregon State System
of Higher Education, 1960.
Sharp, Robert. Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation.
Cambridge University Press, reprint 1991.
Upton, Joe. Journeys Through the Inside Passage: Seafaring Adventures
Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska. Alaska Northwest
Books, 1992.
White, Howard, editor. Raincoast Chronicles First Five. Harbour
Publishing, collectors edition 1998.
Whales
Angell, Tony & Kenneth Balcomb. Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget
Sound. University of Washington Press, 1982.
Clapham, Phil. Humpback Whales. World Life Library, Voyageur
Press, 1966.
Haley, Delphine. Marine Mammals of Eastern North Pacific and Arctic
Waters. Pacific Search Press, 1986.
Heimlich, Sara. Killer Whales. World Life Library, Voyageur Press,
2001.
Hoyt, Erich. Orca: The Whale Called Killer. Camden House, 1990.
Hoyt, Erich. The Whale Watcher's Handbook. Main Street Books,
1984.
Reeves, Randall & Stephen Leatherwood. The Sierra Club Handbook
of Whales and Dolphins. Sierra Club Books, 1983.
Ridgeway, Sam. Handbook of Marine Mammals: The Walrus, Sea Lions,
Fur Seals and Sea Otter (Handbook of Marine Mammals). Academic Press,
1981.
Birds
Angell, Tony & Kenneth Balcomb. Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget
Sound. Puget Sound Books, University of Washington Press, 1982.
Armstrong, Robert. A Guide to the Birds of Alaska. Alaska Northwest
Books, 4th edition 1995.
Dunn, Jon & Jonathan Alderfer. National Geographic Field Guide
to the Birds of North America. National Geographic, 5th edition 2006.
Haley, Delphlne, editor. Seabirds of Eastern North Pacific Waters.
Pacific Search Press, 1984.
Harrison, Peter. Seabirds: An Identification Guide. Houghton
Mifflin, 1991.
Lofgren, Lars. Ocean Birds. Crescent, 1987.
Nelson, Bryan. Seabirds: Their Biology and Ecology. Hamlyn, 1980.
Robbins, Chandler, et al. Birds of North America: A Guide to Field
Identification. Golden Field Guide, St. Martin’s Press, revised
2001.
Fish
Castro, Jose. The Sharks of North American Waters. W. L. Moody
Natural History, Texas A&M University Press, 1983.
Eschmeyer, William, et al. A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes:
North America. Peterson Field Guides, Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
Hart, J. L. Pacific Fishes of Canada. Fisheries Research Board
of Canada, 1980.
Upton, Joe. Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage.
Sasquatch Books, 1998.
Bears and other Wildlife
Cameron, Austin. Canadian Mammals. National Museum of Canada,
1958.
Craighead, Frank Jr. Track of the Grizzly. Sierra Club Books,
1980.
Walker, Theodore. Red Salmon, Brown Bear: The Story of an Alaskan
Lake. World Publishing, 1971.
Seashore Life
Druehl, Louis. Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the
West Coast. Harbour, 2001.
Harbo, Rick. Shells and Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest: A Field
Guide. Harbour, 1996.
Harbo, Rick. Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific
Northwest. Harbour, 1999.
Native Americans
Duff, Wilson. The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of
the White Man. University of British Columbia Press, 1997.
Jenness, Diamond. The Faith of a Coast Salish Indian. British
Columbia Provincial Museum, 1955.
Jonaitis, Aldona. From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest
Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of National History.
University of Washington Press, 1991.
Plants
Clark, Lewis & John Trelaway. Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest.
Harbour, 1998.
Heller, Christine. Wild, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska.
Diane Publishing Company, 1993.
Groves, J. Walton. Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada.
Canadian Government Publication Centre, 1979.
Kavanagh, James. Alaska Trees & Wildflowers. Waterford Press,
2001.
Hulten, Eric. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual
of Vascular Plants. Stanford University Press, 1968.
Maser, Chris. Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest.
Oregon State University Press, 2001.
Norse, Elliott. Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest. Island
Press, 1990.
Royer, France & Richard Dickinson. Weeds of Canada and the Northern
United States: A Guide for Identification. Lone Pine Publishing,
1999.
A Field Guide Set
An excellent series of more than forty inexpensive paper back volumes
for the natural history of the area The series is published by the British
Columbia Provincial Museum and includes works on plants, amphibians, reptiles,
mushrooms, fish, birds, barnacles, bivalves, dragonflies, crabs, sea stars,
and the like.