The White Heart of Mojave
An Adventure with the Outdoors of the DesertEdna Brush Perkins - With original black & white/colorized photos and additional color photography by Walter Feller
Contents
The Feel of the Outdoors
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BEYOND the walls and solid roofs of houses is the outdoors. It is always on the doorstep. The sky, serene, or ...
How We Found Mojave
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WHEN the automobile was delivered into our hands at Los Angeles we wanted to turn around immediately and drive back ...
The White Heart
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WE had indeed found her. The morning sun came up over the immense valley ringed with beautiful, reposeful mountains. ...
The Outfit
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DEATH VALLEY was the goal, but after the day at Saratoga Springs one thing was certain: no matter if we could get ...
Entering Death Valley
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THE way to Death Valley from Beatty is across a shallower valley and through Daylight Pass at an elevation of ...
The Strangest Farm in the World
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ON the fourth day we bade "Old Johnnie" farewell, and descended into the quivering white basin. The next camp was to ...
The Burning Sands
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EVERY day that we stayed in Death Valley seemed more awful than the last. From ten o'clock in the morning until ...
The Dry Camp
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WHEN the sun stood over Tucki and the mesquites began to have real shadows beside them we resumed our journey. ...
The Mountain Spring
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THE next day's climb was easier, for by the time the sun had asserted its full vigor we were at an altitude where ...
The High White Peaks
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WILD ROSE CANYON has a lovely name, justified by a small clump of bushes that may bear wild roses sometime. ...
Snowstorm and Sandstorm
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BREAKFAST was late next morning like Sunday breakfasts in houses. Charlotte asked if it was Sunday. No one knew ...
The End of the Adventure
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IT was April when we returned to Silver Lake. Spring was walking on the desert. The sand and the stony mesas were ...
