The Mojave: A Portrait of the Definitive American Desert

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Summary: if you can see a joshua tree, you're in the mojave
Review: This series of essays on the Mojave desert pulls together some of the many strands that make the principal California desert what it is today. Characters met along the way show the desert from the human angle and give animation and relevance to the places visited that no travel guide can. Outlaw bikers, clandestine speed labs, alien searchers, ranchers, ecowarriors and hikers all have their stories told through Darlington's easy prose. The author paints the truest picture yet of this much-misunderstood region between the playground of Las Vegas and the dreamland of Los Angeles.