Now you can enjoy the best reading material about the Arroyo Seco and benefit this website at the same time.  In association with Amazon.com, a portion of the proceeds from each sale will go to maintaining and enhancing the Arroyo Seco website.  We offer these outstanding selections for your consideration:
Kevin Starr, the state librarian and the greatest popular California historian of our era, writes brilliantly about the Arroyo Seco, Arroyo culture and its pivotal role in the development of Southern California.  It's a fascinating and inspiring chapter of "Inventing the Dream."  Arroyo fans will love it! In "The Control of Nature" renown nature writer John McPhee presents a searing analysis of human efforts to shape our environment.  Three cases are examined.  The third is our region's battle against the erosion and floods that periodically roar down from the mountains. Discover the double meaning of "The Control of Nature."  It is sure to change your perceptions. 
 
In the 1930s, before Los Angeles had burgeoned into a dense metropolis, Olmstead and Bartholomew proposed a plan to enhance our paradise with a series of parks and pleasureways.  Prototype Number One was the Arroyo Seco Parkway.  "Eden by Design," by Caltech professor Bill Deverell and Greg Hise tells the tale of missed opportunities and lost dreams. "Dividing the Waters" details the outstanding efforts of Southern Californians to manage our vital groundwater resources.  The precedent-setting history of the Raymond Basin aquifer, which is fed by the Arroyo Seco and underlies our region, is told in fascinating detail.  A must read for everyone concerned about water and nature.
"Pasadena" is a romance, but so much more than that!  It's a richly textured drama layered with the culture and traditions of the Pasadena of another era.  David Ebershoff has again given Pasadena literature to chew on and relish. It's the book everyone is talking about.  Don't miss it. Charles Lummis, progenitor and proponent extraordinaire of Arroyo culture, truly was an "American Character." His adventurous style of writing and life celebrated nature, culture, native lore and the Southwest.  Mark Thompson captures the genius and spirit of the greatest Arroyo afficionado.

The best way to enjoy the Arroyo Seco and our nearby mountains is to take a hike.  In "Trails of the Angeles," sage naturalist John Robinson offers a handbook for not one but a hundred hikes ranging from day walks to overnight camping trips.  This is the seventh printing of Robinson's indispensable guide. 

"The San Gabriels" is the definitive account of the history and lore of our local mountains from John Robinson.  It's a delightful account of everything you would want to know about the range extending from Soledad Canyon to Lytle Creek with lots of exciting tales of the Arroyo Seco and our mountain watershed. 

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