| #2676502 in Books | University of Arizona Press | 2006-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.00 x.40 x8.50l,.67 | File type: PDF | 96 pages | ||2 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Disappointing in all ways|By Customer|I bought this book because I love the SW desert area, and the book had one 5 star review which I read. (Always a bit iffy if this is the only product the person has reviewed.) Got the book used via and was disappointed in the photographs and writing--the latter mostly. As I read thru the pages, I kept flipping to the back cover to see w||
"Stillman balances romantic prose, written to the park's animal and botanical inhabitants, with acrid protests that rage against the insane bureaucracy of its government stewards, the apathy of its visitors and the polluting effects of urban sprawl." &mda
In a subtle dance of arid solitude, two southern California deserts come together at Joshua Tree National Park. One is the Colorado Desert—an extension of the Sonoran Desert—and features natural gardens of ocotillo and cholla cactus. The other end of the park engages the Mojave Desert, the special habitat of the Joshua tree as well as some of the most interesting geologic displays found anywhere. After the area became a national monument in 1936, local ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Joshua Tree: Desolation Tango (Desert Places) | Deanne Stillman. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
