California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Finches This map includes the entire

This map includes the entire national park area

All of the routes described should be within the capability of today's SUVs

The authors also discuss past damage and ongoing threats to island ecosystems

And while the PCT has a reputation as a hard-core wilderness experience

with a new foreword by James Agee

California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Finches This map includes the entireImagine all the soft places of the world, the green valleys, the soft beaches, the tranquil islands, the cool mountains. Now imagine you are on horseback in one of the harshest deserts in the world riding alone for two years! That is what famed British naturalist J. Smeaton Chase did. He mounted up and rode into the Mojave Desert to undertake the longest equestrian study of its kind in modern history. In 1916 the amateur naturalist headed his horse