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California's Best: Two Centuries of Great Writing from the Golden State Bible for Kids Fragile sandstone towers pierce theExperience California as seen through the eyes of forty one writers spanning two centuries, from early adventurers to contemporary poets. Edited by Sunset magazine's Peter Fish, California's Best features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including Tobias Wolff's short story Desert Breakdown, Joan Didion's essay Notes from a Native Daughter, and a selection from Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club. Excerpts from the works of Wallace Stegner, Jack London, John