Death Valley and the Amargosa - A Land of Illusion

Informationen zum Autor Richard E. Lingenfelter is a research physicist at the University of California! San Diego. He has written over a dozen books on Western American history and lore. Klappentext "A definitive piece of Western history . . . thorough, judicious and consistently entertaining." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times   "Death Valley is a wilderness of extremes--the lowest, the driest, the hottest--and not surprisingly, its human history representes one more extreme, a bumptious, sleazy, hilarious Wild West Show of horse raiders, swindlers, drunks, explorers, prospectors, madmen and other such types as blast about from one outermost fringe to another." --Mark Muro, The Boston Globe Zusammenfassung Reveals the history of the Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. This is the story an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Richard E. Lingenfelter, Lingenfelter Richard E.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.1988
• EAN: 9780520063563
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06356-3
• No. of pages: 622
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Illustrated books; USA, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, TRAVEL / Pictorials, TRAVEL / United States / General, United States of America, USA, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works