Bits And Pieces Of The Mohahve Desert S Weathered Past
DOWNLOAD
Download Bits And Pieces Of The Mohahve Desert S Weathered Past PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Bits And Pieces Of The Mohahve Desert S Weathered Past book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Bits And Pieces Of The Mohahve Desert S Weathered Past
DOWNLOAD
Author : John M. Swisher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Bits And Pieces Of The Mohahve Desert S Weathered Past written by John M. Swisher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Mojave Desert categories.
Policing The Old Mojave Desert
DOWNLOAD
Author : L. A. "Buzz" Banks
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011-05-29
Policing The Old Mojave Desert written by L. A. "Buzz" Banks and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-29 with History categories.
This is a book you will want to keep. It is more than police stories, it reveals a part of our past which few people knew existed. It tells the good, the bad, the funny, the sad. You never have been told the unusual incidents which police encountered every day.
The Mojave Desert
DOWNLOAD
Author : John Swisher
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 1999
The Mojave Desert written by John Swisher and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
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. A massive, parched region, its varied terrain rolls eastward from the Antelope Valley to the Colorado River. The nation's highest temperature on record occurred in this region; on the other extreme, the freezing winters here shroud the land in ice and snow. This thirsty expanse climbs to over 4,000 feet, with a great number of different wildlife forms making their homes among the hills. Featuring over 200 evocative and illustrative images, The Mojave Desert is an entertaining and educational source of information about the area and its unique history.
New Light On Old Art
DOWNLOAD
Author : Lawrence L. Loendorf
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 1994-12-31
New Light On Old Art written by Lawrence L. Loendorf and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-12-31 with Social Science categories.
Pilgrims In The Desert
DOWNLOAD
Author : Le Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Mojave Historical Society
Release Date : 2005
Pilgrims In The Desert written by Le Hayes and has been published by Mojave Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Baker (Calif.) categories.
Deserts Past
DOWNLOAD
Author : GRAYSON DONALD K
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1993-08-17
Deserts Past written by GRAYSON DONALD K and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-17 with History categories.
"Spanning 25,000 years and covering topics that range from Pleistocene glaciers to the ill-fated Donner Party, The Desert's Past presents the first complete synthesis of the environmental and human history of North America's Great Basin. Centering on Nevada, this region covers some 165,000 square miles and includes substantial parts of California, Oregon, and Utah. The Great Basin takes its name from the fact that its rivers flow inward rather than to the sea." "Offering an encyclopedic scope with a storyteller's tone, Donald K. Grayson recounts the historical development of the Great Basin. Beginning just before the last maximum advance of glaciers in North America, the author reconstructs the Great Basin's defining environmental features. He catalogs the existence of such mammals as lions, camels, and mammoths that once lived in this region - and discusses the rise and fall of huge lakes that were once found here. He also characterizes some 11,500 years of human history within the Great Basin and shows that this history is inseparably linked to the past environments of this region." "Whether revealing the wonders accumulated by ancient packrats, discussing the advent of European influence and disease, or tracing the origin of the Bonneville Salt Flats (where virtually all landspeed records have been set), Grayson's compelling narrative recreates the world of the Great Basin."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Nomad Codes
DOWNLOAD
Author : Erik Davis
language : en
Publisher: Verse Chorus Press
Release Date : 2011-01-31
Nomad Codes written by Erik Davis and has been published by Verse Chorus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-31 with Social Science categories.
In these wide-ranging essays, Erik Davis explores the codes—spiritual, cultural, and embodied—that people use to escape the limitation of their lives and enrich their experience of the world. These include Asian religious traditions and West African trickster gods, Western occult and esoteric lore, postmodern theory and psychedelic science, as well as festival scenes such as Burning Man (of which Davis is the best-known chronicler). Articles on media technology further explore themes Davis took up in his acclaimed book Techgnosis, while his profiles of West Coast poets, musicians, and mystics extend the California terrain he previously mapped in The Visionary State. Whether his subject is collage art or the “magickal realism” of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, transvestite Burmese spirit mediums or Ufology, tripster king Terence McKenna or dub maestro Lee Perry, Davis writes with keen yet skeptical sympathy, intellectual subtlety and wit, and unbridled curiosity. The common thread running through all these pieces is what Davis calls “modern esoterica,” which he describes in his preface as a ‘no-man’s-land located somewhere between anthropology and mystical pulp, between the zendo and the metal club, between cultural criticism and extraordinary experience, whether psychedelic, or yogic, or technological.” Such an ambiguous and startling landscape demands that the intrepid adventurer shed any territorial claims and go nomad. Davis wanders with sharp eyes and an open mind, which is why Peter Lamborn Wilson calls him “the best of all guides to modern American spirituality.”
Muroc May 15 1938
DOWNLOAD
Author : William Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Coda Publications
Release Date : 1991
Muroc May 15 1938 written by William Carroll and has been published by Coda Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Automobiles categories.
Here's what hot rodding was all about when the Southern California Timing Association held its first speed trials on Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards Air Force Base) back in 1938. Program reproductions list major players in the hot rod field. Aerial photographs show the lake races as they really were.
Boys Life
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963-08
Boys Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963-08 with categories.
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Literary Nevada
DOWNLOAD
Author : Cheryll Glotfelty
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2016-06-01
Literary Nevada written by Cheryll Glotfelty and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Over 200 writings about Nevada with selections from Native American tales to contemporary writings on urban experience and environmental concerns. The state of Nevada embodies paradox and contradiction—home to one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and to isolated ranches scattered across a sparsely populated backcountry. Nevada is a place where the lust for sudden wealth has prompted both wild mining booms and glittering casinos, and where forbidding atomic test sites coexist with alluring tourist meccas. The variety and distinctiveness of Nevada’s landscape and peoples have inspired writers from the beginning of immigrant contact with the region. This contact has produced abundant literary wealth that includes the rich oral traditions of Native American peoples and an amazing spectrum of contemporary voices. Literary Nevada is the first comprehensive literary anthology of Nevada. It contains over 200 selections ranging from traditional Native American tales, explorers’ and emigrants’ accounts, and writing from the Comstock Lode and other mining boomtowns, as well as compelling fiction, poetry, and essays from throughout the state’s history. There is work by well-known Nevada writers such as Sarah Winnemucca, Mark Twain, and Robert Laxalt, by established and emerging writers from all parts of the state, and by some nonresident authors whose work illuminates important facets of the Nevada experience. The book includes cowboy poetry, travel writing, accounts of nuclear Nevada, narratives about rural life and urban life in Las Vegas and Reno, poetry and fiction from the state’s best contemporary writers, and accounts of the special beauty of wild Nevada’s mountains and deserts. Editor Cheryll Glotfelty provides insightful introductions to each section and author. The book also includes a photo gallery of selected Nevada writers and a generous list of suggested further readings. Nevada has inspired an exceptionally rich panorama of fine writing and a dazzling array of literary voices. The selections in Literary Nevada will engage and delight readers while revealing the complex and exciting diversity of the state’s history, people, and life.