California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Beetles William deBuys & Joan Myers

William deBuys & Joan Myers

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California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Beetles William deBuys & Joan MyersImagine 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