Introduction to the Natural History of Southern California
- ISBN-10
- 0520006011
- ISBN-13
- 9780520006010
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1966-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Edmund Carroll Jaeger, Arthur Clayton Smith
Description
By nature man is a creature of curiosity.
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