Goffs & Its Schoolhouse - The Historic Cultural Center of the East Mojave Desert California natural history to the Kern River Valley

to the Kern River Valley

enabling the reader to appreciate and respect the role "creepy crawlies" play in our world

middle and end of this road trip are some of the most lively

including Donald Wexler

The history of chicanery and greed recounted in deBuys's narrative and his empathy with the desert dwellers he and Myers have come to know--hardworking laborers and entrepreneurs who live on both sides of the Mexicali border

Goffs & Its Schoolhouse - The Historic Cultural Center of the East Mojave Desert California natural history to the Kern River ValleyGoffs and Its Schoolhouse tells the story of the community of Goffs that has existed at the top of the hill out of Needles since 1883 and that of its unique one room desert schoolhouse. This is the most definitive work on any community in the East Mojave Desert. Through this careful reconstruction of Goffs history is seen a glimpse of the entire region. The rich chronology is described through stories of the trials and tribulations of Goffs: a