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245 00 $aTrue tales of the Mojave desert :$bfrom talking rocks to Yucca Man /$cedited by Peter Wild.
260 $aSanta Fe :$bCenter for American Places,$c2004.
263 $a200406
300 $axx, 215 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tThe talking rocks and the Chemebuevi origin myth /$rA. L. Kroeber -- $tWhat the sky and earth did : the Mohave origin myth /$rA. L. Kroeber -- $tThe Mojave slave trade /$rGerald A. Smith and Clifford Walker -- $tFirst crossing by a white man /$rFrancisco Garces -- $tJedediab Smith gets his nose bloodied : a massacre of mountain men /$rHarrison Clifford Dale -- $tA war whoop : incident on the Fremont expedition /$rJohn C. Fremont -- $tThe Mormons : shooting an ox /$rJames S. Brown -- $tThe deserta horribilis /$rWilliam L. Manly -- $tWhite slave girls /$rOlive Oatman -- $tFantastic experiment with camels /$rStephen Bonsal -- $tMore monsters : a steamboat on the Colorado /$rJoseph C. Ives -- $tMilitary life : as reflected in letters /$rIrene J. Brennan -- $tThe Mojave outlaw culture /$rRichard D. Thompson and Kathryn L. Thompson -- $tThe gates fly open : Mojave tourism begins /$rCharles F. Lummis -- $tThe Mojave as the new Araby : "the desert gives forth perfume" /$rFrom Redlands to Bagdad -- $tGreed civilizes the Mojave : "scarlet women," horn spoons, and wizards /$rLou V. Chapin -- $tMcTeague : the Mojave as grim novel /$rFrank Norris -- $tThe Mojave as colorful reminiscences /$rCarita Selvas -- $tThe Mojave : afterlife to an aesthetician /$rJohn C. Van Dyke -- $tA strange story by a governor's daughter /$rAbbey Waterman -- $tWolves on desert : "a high carnival of crime" /$rHarry Carr -- $tWillie boy : the pursuit of an Indian outlaw transfixes the nation /$rIndian Outlaw Killed Himself -- $tThe Harvey girls : boon to the Mojave /$rLesley Poling-Kempes -- $tJohn Burroughs : a famous eastern litterateur visits a ghost town /$rMary Beal -- $t"Th' only Christian thing to do" : death and Death Valley Scotty /$rW. Storrs Lee -- $tA human comet blazes across the Mojave : the Los Angeles to Phoenix uproar /$rAl G. Waddell -- $tHollywood thrives on the Mojave /$rW. Storrs Lee -- $tThe Mojave : soul's desire of a wealthy feminist /$rEdna Brush Perkins -- $tSnipers and riots : violence along the railroad /$rSanta Fe Train Fired Upon -- $tBooze makes beasts, not Gods /$rLarry M. Vrendenburgh -- $tThe happy beginnings of aviation /$rRockey Spicer -- $tThe bottomless womb /$rEdwin Corle -- $tThe worst town on the desert /$rDix Van Dyke -- $tThe dry Mojave slakes the cities : prohibition /$rClifford James Walker -- $tThe Mojave as cultural icon /$rRandall Henderson and J. Wilson McKenney -- $tRoute 66 : "a nice green place" /$rJohn Steinbeck -- $tThe Mojave blooms : crying out /$rDonald Culross Peattie -- $tCamp clipper : "dear God, bless this food" /$rJack Mitchell -- $tSlime in a small town /$rRamona Stewart -- $tUrges : jackrabbit homesteads and cloudbursts /$rJune LeMert Paxton -- $tDying hard : the myth of abundance /$rRandall Henderson -- $tCharles Manson : doing the devil's business on the Mojave /$rBob Murphy -- $tThe story of the wooden children /$rAnn Japenga -- $tAn English critic's desert aesthetics /$rPeter Reyner Banham -- $tThe last word on Las Vegas /$rPeter Reyner Banham -- $tMurder on the Mojave /$rEric Malnic and Christopher Heredia -- $tArea 51 : the military base that doesn't exist /$rStuart L. Brown -- $tLocals as dolts /$rDavid Darlington -- $tThe locals revolt /$rDennis Casebier -- $tTalking with the spirits : the California Desert Protection Act /$rSusan Zwinger -- $tThe desert tortoise : "walking raviolis" /$rMichael Tennesen -- $tThe jitters : still shaking /$rTom Gorman and Mitchell Landsberg -- $tYucca mountain : the world's most dangerous poison /$rEvelyn Nieves -- $tGiant rock : the F.B.I. and space visitors /$rMichele Pinney -- $tBigfoot on the Mojave /$rAnn Japenga.
520 1 $a"True Tales of the Mojave Desert is the first anthology to explore the role of the Mojave in the American imagination, from prehistory to the present time, from fantasy to reality. Wild provides fifty-five selections that will delight, inform, and surprise readers who are drawn to the lore of this famous place." "The readings - excerpted from books, letters, magazines, newspapers, official reports, and personal reminiscences - draw on Wild's many years of research in and on the Mojave, and each entry is introduced by the editor. The collection also features a gallery of engaging historic illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aMojave Desert$vLiterary collections.
700 1 $aWild, Peter.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90659775
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS571.C2$iT78 2004g