Beckoning Desert (Used Hardcover) - Edward Maddin Ainsworth

Condition: This book is in Very Good Condition. It has slight wear on the edges of the dustcover. The pages are clean and unmarked.

The Great Southern California Desert: A mecca for all manner of men: prospectors, ex-presidents, golfers, cultists, date-growers, artists, actors, sun-seekers, millionaires. Ed Ainsworth, whose profound knowledge of this land is equaled only by his love of it, presents a perceptive and gripping account of its geological formation in primordial time, its dawning history, its astounding flora and fauna, and the stirring era of explorations for God and gold.

Illustrated with black and white drawings.

Published 1962 Prentice-Hall