CONTENTS

Dramatis Personae

Maps

Prologue

PART I: THE BROKEN SHORE

1: The Oyster Farm

2: Fault Lines

3: The Fable of the California Oyster

4: A Friend of the Earth

PART II: HOW TO CURATE THE WILD

5: A New Venture

6: The Saving of Point Reyes

7: Enter the Blast Furnace

8: The Non-Natives Are Restless

9: Reinforcements

10: The Worst-Case Scenario

PART III: THE GEOGRAPHY OF HOPE

11: Casino

12: David v. Goliath

13: Shell Games

14: Reckoning

15: In Search of an Original Wild

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Appendices

Index