# A Dangerous Place

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- Book: [A Dangerous Place](https://www.bookquiver.com/marc-reisner/a-dangerous-place) ([A Dangerous Place.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/marc-reisner/a-dangerous-place.md))
- Authors: [Marc Reisner](https://www.bookquiver.com/marc-reisner)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4200-383-1
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2004-07-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California’s improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in...