A delightfully informal view of the natural world on the suburban rim of the Los Angeles Basin, Lillard's work is a warm tribute to the persistence of nature, written in the spirit of Thoreau. Journal Of Forest History ...an absolute pleasure. The clean direct prose is informative without a hint of pedantry... -- Chester Aaron, Saint Mary's College Journal Of Forest History

A delightfully informal view of the natural world on the suburban rim of the Los Angeles Basin, Lillard's work is a warm tribute to the persistence of nature, written in the spirit of Thoreau. Journal Of Forest History ...an absolute pleasure. The clean direct prose is informative without a hint of pedantry... -- Chester Aaron, Saint Mary's College Journal Of Forest History

A delightfully informal view of the natural world on the suburban rim of the Los Angeles Basin, Lillard's work is a warm tribute to the persistence of nature, written in the spirit of Thoreau. Journal Of Forest History ...an absolute pleasure. The clean direct prose is informative without a hint of pedantry... -- Chester Aaron, Saint Mary's College Journal Of Forest History