The Joshua Tree

Author : Robert Cabot
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408837542

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The Joshua Tree by Robert Cabot Pdf

Drawing from the legendary heroic life of Bill Keys, this classic story of the Old and New West uniquely captures the romance and tragedy of the American West. Cowboy, prospector and miner, living with the Walapai Indians, 'desert rat', partner of Death Valley Scotty, rancher in the high Mohave desert, Keys knew Buffalo Bill, the Parker brothers, General Patton, and did a five-year stretch in San Quentin for his eighth range-war shooting. Through the voices of Will Spear (based on Bill Keys) and Lily, a 1960s California girl, Cabot sees people in depth and time as souls alive in the wandering generations, the waves of migration, settlement, conquest, and loss, as characters caught in the larger cycles of nature. The voice that imparts the ground tone is the meditative voice of the Joshua Tree itself, singing out of the profound depths of nature, standing as witness to the living creatures of the desert.

Author : Sara Combs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 0762492864

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At Home in Joshua Tree by Sara Combs Pdf

Infuse your life with desert vibes, from home designs and entertaining plans to wellness rituals, with this beautifully illustrated lifestyle guide from the creators of The Joshua Tree House. At Home in Joshua Tree offers a peak inside the captivating world of southern California's high-desert, with The Joshua Tree House founders Sara and Rich Combs bringing readers into their laid back, inviting world through mindful practices that enhance the everyday. Guided by nature and the cycles of the sun, this beautiful book offers an intentional, mindful way of living that combines the very best of the wellness movement and modern design to celebrate the singular beauty of the desert. Dive into the design principles that guide The Joshua Tree House, then experience a day in the desert, from sunrise to nightfall. Each chapter in this beautiful lifestyle guide incorporates designs, recipes, wellness practices, and entertaining rituals that elevate and honor the ordinary moments associated with that time. Interviews with other designers, artists, and makers who are inspired by the desert, including those whose designs are featured throughout the Joshua Tree House, are sprinkled throughout, alongside gorgeous full-bleed photographs and a complete sourcing guide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0816523509

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Joshua Tree by Anonim Pdf

In a subtle dance of arid solitude, two southern California deserts come together at Joshua Tree National Park. One is the Colorado Desert—an extension of the Sonoran Desert—and features natural gardens of ocotillo and cholla cactus. The other end of the park engages the Mojave Desert, the special habitat of the Joshua tree as well as some of the most interesting geologic displays found anywhere. After the area became a national monument in 1936, local and regional residents were the primary visitors. As Southern California grew so did park visitation; Joshua Tree now lies within a three-hour drive of more than 18 million people. Elevated from national monument to national park status in 1994, Joshua tree now sees greater numbers of visitors than ever from around the nation and the world. For Deanne Stillman, Joshua Tree is a place of pilgrimage. Her own desert mecca, the park speaks to her in ways that no other place does. With crisp and impassioned narrative she takes the reader through the park’s wonders, including a talking cactus, mysterious petroglyphs, and rocks in the shape of the late New York Yankees manager Billy Martin. Stunning photographs by Galen Hunt further accentuate the gorgeous landscape, highlighting the growing need to preserve its beauty. While it explores the park’s history, geology, flora, and fauna, Joshua Tree also is a plea to walk lightly on the land, to conserve our natural heritage, and to appreciate places that call out to the soul. Additional Information and Publicity Electric Politics Review World Hum Excerpt Arroyo Monthly San Bernardino Sun Christmas Pick Los Angeles Times Profile

Author : Lauren Beth Eisenberg Davis
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 1543971911

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Songs of Joshua Tree by Lauren Beth Eisenberg Davis Pdf

Songs of Joshua Tree explores music over the course of history in the area that now comprises Joshua Tree National Park and its gateway towns. This book is the result of the author's work as artist-in-residence at the park in 2014. It provides a folk-life ethnohistorical look, in an accessible story form, at music of the Native Americans who inhabited the park starting in the 1600s; the songs of the homesteaders, miners and cattlemen of the 1800s and 1900s; and the contemporary music scene of the last 50 years.The geographic area covered by the book is Joshua Tree National Park itself, and the towns of Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, Pioneertown, and Landers - towns whose history is intertwined with that of the park property. The musical genres covered include sacred and leisure music of the Indian tribes, folk music, rock and roll, jazz, classical, and non-traditional forms of music such as therapeutic sound baths, and the natural sounds of the park wilderness. The focus of the book is primarily on music of the people who made the area their home, but also touches on famous musicians who have come to Joshua Tree, to perform, to reflect, to create.

Author : James Kaiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1940754364

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Joshua Tree by James Kaiser Pdf

Includes Black Rock and Indian Cove, topo maps and trail descriptions for the best hikes, maps of campgrounds, history of the park, geology, ecology, wildlife, wildflowers, and more.

Author : Deena Dietrich
Publisher : Deenasdays
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692422994

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On the Road with U2 by Deena Dietrich Pdf

Join me on my musical journey on the road with U2 to the 75 shows I have seen since the Zoo TV tour in 1992. Meeting Bono in Jersey, hugging Larry in Baltimore, having a drink with Larry in Providence, talking with Bono in Seattle, hugging Larry again in Pittsburgh - just to name a few.

Author : U2 (Musical group)
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Guitar music (Rock)
ISBN : 0881887692

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The U2 -- the Joshua Tree by U2 (Musical group) Pdf

Titles are: Where the Streets Have No Name * I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For * With or Without You * Bullet the Blue Sky * Running to Stand Still * Red Hill Mining Town * In God's Country * Trip Through Your Wires * One Tree Hill * Exit * Mothers of the Disappeared.

Author : Robert Cabot
Publisher : Berkeley, CA : North Atlantic Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 155643023X

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The Joshua Tree by Robert Cabot Pdf

Author : Jeannette Walls
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416544661

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Pdf

A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.

Author : Robert Miramontes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.)
ISBN : 0982615485

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Joshua Tree Bouldering by Robert Miramontes Pdf

Author : Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Desert conservation
ISBN : 1938086465

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Preserving the Desert by Lary M. Dilsaver Pdf

National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--fell short of that goal in American eyes until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change that perception. As the Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still carried the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, with the area later expanded in 1994 when it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936, the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that any desert is suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. To their dismay, Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing

Author : D. D. Trent,Richard W. Hazlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132106886

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Joshua Tree National Park Geology by D. D. Trent,Richard W. Hazlett Pdf

Author : Joseph W. Zarki
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467132817

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Joshua Tree National Park by Joseph W. Zarki Pdf

Human use of Joshua Tree National Park may extend as far back in time as 10,000 years. From the early Pinto Culture to modern tribes, native peoples have lived and hunted here for centuries. Indian trails helped guide Spanish, Mexican, and American explorers who gradually revealed the desert's secrets, leading to an influx of cattlemen, miners, and homesteaders between 1860 and 1930. As rugged as the desert itself, the area's pioneer history featured cattle rustlers, claim jumpers, and occasional gunfights. Grit, determination, and a fierce independence marked the lives of these early settlers, and the mines, ranches, and cabins they left behind hold many unforgettable stories. During the 1920s, Minerva Hamilton Hoyt found a unique beauty in the desert's sweeping vistas, and she worked tirelessly for the Joshua Tree area's preservation within the National Park System. Success came in 1936 when Pres. Franklin Roosevelt created Joshua Tree National Monument. With the Desert Protection Act, Joshua Tree was designated a national park in 1994.

Author : Ron McCoy
Publisher : Many Seasons Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736185616

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Murder at the Joshua Tree by Ron McCoy Pdf

Murder at the Joshua Tree is a complicated search for answers that throws law enforcement into a long pursuit to catch the people responsible for a double murder, and ultimately decipher the mystery.

Author : Claire Nelson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780063070196

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Things I Learned from Falling by Claire Nelson Pdf

The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds. "A vibrantly physical book"—The Guardian • "Uplifting and brave"—Stylist • "A riveting account of loneliness, anxiety and survival"—Cosmopolitan In 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a deserted corner of Joshua Tree. The fall shattered her pelvis, rendering her completely immobile. There Claire lay for the next four days, surrounded by boulders that muffled her cries for help, but exposed her to the relentless California sun above. Her rescuers had not expected to find her alive. In THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING Claire tells not only her story of surviving, but also her story of falling. What led this successful thirty-something to a desert trail on the other side of the globe from her home where no one knew she would be that day? At once the unbelievable story of an impossible event, and the human journey of a young woman wrestling with the agitation of past and anxiety of future.