Foghorn Outdoors California Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay on the Coast Paperback – March 24, 2003

We are going to the Big Sur, but my kids want beach. This is so valuable to finding them. Get the book, very good for the money.

To Whom It May Concern:This is not a review but a complaint. I am the co-author of the book in question, California Beaches. The very first customer review on your site is by someone who takes us to task for not being very good at steering surfers to beaches. If we purported to do so, that would be a valid criticism. However, our book is a broad-based guide to public beach access, and places to stay, eat and go out at night. Our book is about a lot of things, in fact, but it isn't, nor does it claim to be, a guide for the surfing cult. To be maligned for something we don't claim to be is unfair. Worse, this erroneous pan is the first review that people see when they come to your site to check out our book. Worse still, it was written about the first edition, which came out seven years ago. We have completely rewritten California Beaches twice since then, and the third edition has just been published. I admire the idea of posting reader feedback but see no reason why our chances of selling books on amazon.com has to be undermined by a review that bases its argument on a false assumption - that the aim of this book is to guide surfers to surfing beaches. I would therefore respectfully request that you remove it from the site. Sincerely, Parke Puterbaugh (Greensboro, NC)

We used the Foghorn California Camping, Hiking and Beaches books during a trip to California. The beach book didn't let us down with places to eat and beaches to visit. When there are so many beaches to visit and places to eat, it can be hard to narrow down one's choices. The book steered us in the right direction. We had a great time and left with some colorful memories and pictures. Being from Colorado, our trip to California was all about satisfying a need to be near water and this book helped make it a fantastic experience.I have never before written a review about a book on Amazon, but my positive experience with the Foghorn series has compelled me to do so.