The Lure of the Beach by Robert C. Ritchie HARDBACK 9780520215955

The Lure of the Beach\nby Robert C. Ritchie\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Robert C. Ritchie\nTitle: The Lure of the Beach\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: General and world history\nPublisher: University of California Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780520215955\nISBN-10: 0520215958\nRRP: \u00A325.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA human and global take on a beloved vacation spot.\nThe crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans to its life-sustaining shores for millennia. And while the gull's cry and the cove's splendor have remained constant throughout time, our relationship with the beach has been as fluid as the runnels left behind by the tide's turning.\nThe .