The living desert tells about its quiet beauty, the plants and animals that it sustains, people who have sought water in its vast expanse, and how it continues

Contains essays that depict and decry the rapid growth and disappearing natural landscapes of the Sunbelt

The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—

Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw

My parents always told me I was Mexican. I was Mexican because they were Mexican. This was sometimes modified to ÒMexican American,Ó since I was born in Calif