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MOJAVE DESERT BOOKS
A Flower-Watcher's Guide to Wildflowers of the Western Mojave Desert
Includes an emphasis on uses by Native Americans.
Author: Milt Stark, Photography by Milt Stark & Marie Zaferis
Publisher: Milt Stark - #001
Soft Cover
$12.95
A Railroader's Family Life in the Mojave Desert
One family's journey from the heart of Mexico to the heart of the Mojave; a Mexican-American saga.
Author: Ruben "Benny" Arredondo
Publisher: Casa Arredondo - #002
Soft Cover
$18.00
Barstow Depots & Harvey Houses
A history of Casa del Desierto from 1886 and the successful efforts to save it from the wrecking ball.
Author: Germaine L. Ramouonachou Moon
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #003
Soft Cover
$10.00
Calico Memories
The history of Calico as written by a woman who was there and as told to her niece Nellie Laird.
Author: Lucy Bell Lane. Edited by Phyllis Kolbly, Patricia Schoffstall, Alan Baltazar
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #004
Soft Cover
$20.00
Desert Soliloquy
A Perfectly Sane Misanthrope Hides in the Desert
Author: David Rice - Autographed by the Author.
Publisher: Desertphile Publishing - #028
Soft Cover
$16.00
Guide to 50 Interesting & Mysterious Sites in the Mojave (Vol. 1)
Shortfuse says "Traveling unprepared in the vast Mojave Desert could be hazardous to your health".
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #006
Soft Cover
$20.00
Guide to 50 Interesting & Mysterious Sites in the Mojave (Vol. 2)
Covers areas around Newberry Springs, Baker, Turquoise Mountain, Shoshone, Tecopa, Valley Wells, and Mountain Pass.
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #007
Soft Cover
$20.00
Guide to the Calicos: Ghost Mining Camps & Scenic Areas (Vol. 3)
Covers prominent ghost towns and scenic areas of the Calico Mountains.
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #008
Soft Cover
$20.00
Guide to the Remote & Mysterious Saline Valley (Vol. 4)
Covers areas around Saline Valley, Hunter Canyon, McElvoy Canyon, Willow Creek, and Beveridge.
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #009
Soft Cover
$20.00
Guide to the Beautiful & Historic Lucerne Valley & Vicinity (Vol. 5)
Covers areas within Lucerne Valley, the surrounding desert and mountain ranges.
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #010
Soft Cover
$20.00
Guide to Big Bear and Its Hidden Treasures (Vol. 6)
Covers areas within the Big Bear Mountains and surrounding forests and mountain ranges.
Author: Bill (Shortfuse) Mann. Drawings by Rocky Johnson
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #011
Soft Cover
$20.00
Images of America: Barstow
A history of Barstow, California, in pictures and words.
Authors: Christine Toppenberg & Donald Atkinson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing - #012
Soft Cover
$21.99
Into The Jaws of Hell
Jefferson Hunt: The Death Valley '49ers wagon train & his adventures in California, 1846-1857.
Author: Tom Sutak
Publisher: Pine Tree Publishing - #013
Soft Cover
$15.00
Mojave Desert Dictionary (Second Edition)
Over 7,000 listings of what used to be and what still is in San Bernardino County's Mojave Desert. Contains everything the First Edition did plus much more.
Author: Patricia Schoffstall
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #014
Soft Cover
$22.00
Mojave Desert Voices: The Jaramillo, Olguin, Yslas, Luna, and Arredondo Families
Family stories plus Route 66 connections, Santa Fe Railroad, and World War II ties.
Editor: Clifford J. Walker
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #015
Soft Cover
$14.00
Once Upon A Desert (Third Edition)
This is by no means a complete history, but presents storied selections from a vast area of the Greater Mojave Desert from 1776 to 1976.
Editor: Patricia Jernigan Keeling
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #016 - #017
Soft Cover Hard Cover
$17.00 $25.00
One Eye Closed The Other Red. The California Bootlegging Years (Second Edition)
Includes eye witness accounts of one of the most important periods of California's 20th century - bootlegging, rum running, and moonshining - the Roaring 20s.
Author: Clifford J. Walker
Publisher: Back Door Publishing - #018
Soft Cover
$22.00
Pilgrims in The Desert
An early history of the East Mojave Desert and the Baker, California, area.
Author: Le Hayes
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #019
Soft Cover
$19.95
Plants of the East Mojave
The Los Angeles Times: "Adrienne can add new dimensions to a trip through the Mojave".
Author: Adrienne Knute. Photography by Adrienne Knute, drawings by Carl Faber
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #020
Soft Cover
$12.95
Super Chief Cook Book of Famous Fred Harvey Recipes
A 22-page authentic photo reproduction of the original Santa Fe Railway book
Publisher: Mojave River Valley Museum - #021
Soft Cover
$7.00
The Earp Clan: The Southern California Years
The story of the legendary family's many years in San Bernardino County.
Author: Nicolas R. Cataldo
Publisher: Back Roads Press - #022
Soft Cover
$19.95
The Land of Little Rain
A captivating mixture of fact, mysticism, and fiction that was first published in 1903. Illustrated with 100 photos of the Mojave Desert.
Author: Mary Hunter Austin. Photography by Walter Feller
Publisher: Counterpoint Press - #023
Hard Cover
$40.00
The Silence & The Sun (Second Edition)
An historic account of people, places, and events on Old Route 66 and railroad communities in the Eastern Mojave Desert.
Author: Joe De Kehoe
Publisher: Trails End Publishing - #024
Soft Cover
$29.95
The Three Churches of St. Joseph's. Volume 1: The Early Years
The history of Barstow's Catholic Church from 1914 to 1941.
Author: Phyllis S. Kolbly
Publisher: Phyllis S. Kolbly - #025
Soft Cover
$15.00
The Three Churches of St. Joseph's. Volume 2: Coming of Age
The history of Barstow's Catholic Church from 1942 to 1966.
Author: Phyllis S. Kolbly
Publisher: Phyllis S. Kolbly - #026
Soft Cover
$20.00
The Three Churches of St. Joseph's. Volume 3: a Dynamic Time
The history of Barstow's Catholic Church from 1967 to 1989.
Author: Phyllis S. Kolbly
Publisher: Phyllis S. Kolbly - #027
Soft Cover