Bitterness Road: The Mojave 1604 to 1860 California desert the book includes species accounts

the book includes species accounts pinpointing where and when each species is most likely to be seen

The source of information has been taken from numberous publications

This book replaces two previous black-and-white books that were written over a decade ago

The Mojave Desert was settled long before the white man stepped foot on its soil in the 1800's in search of riches

Bitterness Road: The Mojave 1604 to 1860 California desert the book includes species accountsThe Mojave, though a people who welcomed visitors as long as the visitors posed no apparent threat to them and did no damage, successfully defended themselves when the Spaniards, the fur traders, the explorers, and the emigrants destroyed their crops, vandalized their building materials, and in other ways imposed on their hospitality. their defensive measures repeatedly won them long periods of peace and sovereignty, but they were finally overwhelmed