An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present status of the Mojave Indians.
A vast land of mineral wealth, eerie beauty, and countless contrasts, the Mojave Desert joined the Union of the United States on September 5, 1850, and became part of the new San Bernadino County three years later.
This book presents a complex world of rare plants and animals and incomparable geology. Photos by David Muench, Jeff Gnass, and Larry Ulrich.
Discusses the many different aspects of the Mojave Desert, including nuclear waste dump, dirt-bike race track, recreation area, home to endangered animals, and environmental battleground
135, 360 horses, 88,154, 172, 220–21; history in America, 217–18; interactions with humans, 168, 193–96; Pleistocene, 55, 242 hotspots. ... 123 Las Vegas, 11, 49 table 2, 203,232, 250–54; climate, 51, 53, 73, 208; map of, 224 fig.
Describes the origins, history, politics, and culture of the Mojave people of the desert southwest, from prehistory to the present.
Gruell, G. E., and S. Swanson. 2012. Nevada's Changing Wildlife Habitat: An Ecological History. Reno: University of Nevada Press. Jaeger, E. 1965. The California Deserts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Krutch, J. W. 1954.
Few humans settle in the Mojave Desert but thousands pass through it.
Mojave Desert Trails explores some of the most interesting historic and geological sites in the Mojave Desert.
"The Mojave desert stretches approximately 25,000 miles, encompassing significant parts of what used to be known as California and Nevada.
Donald Revell's eighth collection, My Mojave, concerns itself with beauty, with the way in which the divine pours through the eye and into the soul. The poems seek their gods...