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Desert Magazine Beck Shop.1 . ROSS BROWN: Confidential Agent in OldCalifornia. Satir ical observations and rare ad-ventures of this 19th-century writer producel ively fodder for history buffs. Hardcover, 218pages. $5.95.FIESTA TIME in Latin America by Jean Milneis a rewarding contr ibut ion to below- the-bor-der travel and lore. Hardcover, 236 pages.S4.95.OLD FORTS OF THE FAR WEST by Herbert Hart.Maps are included with remarkably lively andaccurate accounts of Western forts back to CivilWar times. This volume covers the Southwest.Large format, good photos. $12.95.HAWAII COOKBOOK is a worthy collection ofpopular Hawai ian dishes which are presentedwith easily available substitutes for native Ha-waiian foods. Paperback, i l lus trated. $2.00.HUNTING LOST MINES BY HELICOPTER by ErieStanley Gardner. As fasc inat ing as one of hisPerry Mason mysteries, the author takes youinto Arizona's Superstit ion Mountains lookingfo r the Lost Dutchman mine and into the TrigoMountains in search of Nummel's lost bonanza.Hardcover, color photos. $7.50.ZODIAC PARTIES, MENUS ANDRECIPES byChoralPepper. The editor of DESERT Magazine comesout with a different kind of cookbook. Accom-panying chapters devoted to characteristics ofpersons born under each of the zodiac signsare unusual menu and recipe suggestions withexcit ing party ideas. Hardcover, $4.95.WARRIORS OF THE COLORADO By Jack Forbes.Covers all Indian tr ibes of the Colorado Riveran d is especially recommended to readers pur-suing the early history of Southern Californiaand Arizona. I l lustrated with historic photos.$ 5 . 9 5 .THE OLD ONES By Robert Silverberg. Goodbook to introduce the Anasaz iancestors to thePueblo Indiansto readers newly interested inc l i f f dwel l ings and ruins of Arizona and Utah.Recommened for young adults (14 or over) aswe l l . $ 4 . 9 5 .THE LAME CAPTAIN By Sardis W. Templeton.A book eager ly awaited by Pegleg "af ic io-nados " who seek documented information re-gard ing his l i fe and trails across the desert.Hardcover, 239 pages. $7.50.GOLD! By Gina Allen. How gold since cavemendays has incited murder and war, inspired poetsand artisans and borne the commerce of thewor ld is to ld in such an excit ing fashion that itreads like fiction. Recommended for everyone.S5.95.ON DESERT TRAILS by Randall Henderson, foun-der and publisher of Desert Magazine for 23years. One of the f irst good writers to revealthe beauty of the mysterious desert areas. Hen-derson's experiences, combined with his com-ments on the desert of yesterday and today ,makes this a MUST for those who real ly wantto understand the desert. 375 pages, i l lustrated.Hard cover . $5.00.JEEP TRAILS TO COLORADO GHOST TOWNS byRobert L. Brown. An i l lus trated, detai led, infor -mal history of l i fe in the mining camps deep inthe almost inaccessible mountain fastness of theColorado Rockies. Fifty-eight towns are includedas examples of the vigorous struggle for exist-ence in the mining camps of the West. 239pages, i l lustrated, end sheet map. Hard cover.$ 5 . 5 0 .

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STANDING UP COUNTRY by C. Gregory Cramp-ton. Best book ever written about Utah-Arizonacanyon country Superb color. $15.GEMS, MINERALS, CRYSTALS AND ORES byRichard Pearl. This collector's encyclopedia isthe best of its kind. Brill iantly i l lustrated withfull-color photos. Arranged in alphabet ical orderf rom Agagte to Zircon, it tells where to f indthem, how to identify, collect, cut and display .Hardcover, 320 pages, $6.95.GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS OF CALI-FORNIA by Remi Nadeau. Theonly good, hard-cover book on the California ghost towns. Werecommend it highly . $5.95.REMNANTS OF THE OLD WEST by HarriettFarnsworth. The old West's last living characterswere interviewed by this author and the bookis f i l led with never-before published tidbits thatdeserve recording. An attractive book that makesa surprisingly inexpensive and wor thwh i le g i f t .Hardcover. $2.95.DESERT ANIMALS IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONALMONUMENT by Miller and Stebbins. Excellentbook and f irst of its k ind with thorough tex tand good il lustrations. Color plates. $10.PIMAS, DEAD PADRES AND GOLD by Paul V.Lease. The author provides fodder to the ideathat the Black Robes hid amazing amounts oftreasure in Pimeria, which is now Ar izona.Paperback. $3.GHOST TOWN TREASURES by Lambert Florin.Fifth in a series of ghost town books by thebest ghost town writer and photographer ofthem all. Large format. $12.95.ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE CHUMASH by Camp-bell Grant. The only definit ive work relative toIndian pictographs in the Santa Barbara region.Beautifully i l lustrated in color and interesting,informative text. 163 pages, hardcover. $10.HOSTEEN CROTCHETTY by Jimmy Swinnerton.A 2000-year-old Indian legend depcted forchildren by one of the West's outstanding art-ists. Large format, lots of color . $7.50.HILTON PAINTS THE DESERT by John Hilton.Collection of 12, 16x19 inch Hilton prints ade-quate for f r aming , or bound in plastic covertied with leather thongs for viewing. Interestingtext explains Hilton's painting technique. Statewhether bound or unbound. $65.

MINES OF THE HIGH DESERT by Donald DeanMiller. Good account of the high desert 's his-tory and lore. Paperback, 63 pages, photos,$ 1 . 9 5 .LOST DESERT BONANZAS by Eugene Conrotto.Brief resumes of lost mine artic les printed inback issues of DESERT Magazine, by a formereditor. Hardcover, 278 pages. $6.75.ERNIE PYLE'S SOUTHWEST. A collection ofErnie's timeless word pictures describing hiswanders through the Southwest. Hardcover.$5 .00 .THE TRAfLS OF PETE KITCHEN by Gil Proctor.The adventures of Arizona's most famous pio-neer, Pete Kitchen, make for excit ing reading.Treasure seekers will find meat in his accountof the Treasure of Tumacacori and history buffswill relish this unusual book. Hardcover. $4.95.WESTERN GHOST TOWNS by Lamber Florin.First in his series of excellent ghost townbooks. More than 200 superb photos of boomcamps and gold towns as they appear today.Large format, hardcover. $12.50.GHOST TOWN ALBUM by Lamber Florin. Av iv id , lusty writer gives a good account of theOld West's boom camps with excellent photsof the way they look today. $12.50.SHADY LADIES OF THE WEST by Ronald DeanMiller is a l ively account about lively women.Hardcover, 224 pages. $6.95.PLANTS IN HIS PACK by Janice Beaty. The ad-ventures of Edward Palmer, f irst botanist to ex-plore remote Guadalupe Island of Baja and todig into ancient ruins of Utah andArizona. Longforgot ten, a quirk of fate f inal ly brought hisremarkable career to l ight. Recommended foryoung readers as w e l l as adults. Hardcover,i l lus trated. $3.75.SILVER THEATER by Margaret Watson. Terrificbook for history buffs who appreciate the lustytheatr ical events that shook the early West.$9 .50 .WILD BUNCH AT ROBBER'S ROOST by PearlBaker. Famous hideout country in southeasternUtah described by author who lived there andwas steeped from childhood in f i rs thand know-ledge of Butch Cassidy and other renegadeactivit ies. $7.50.

PHOTO ALBUM OF YESTERDAY'S SOUTHWESTcompiled by Charles Shelton. Early days photocollection dating from the 1860s to 1910 showsprospectors, miners, cowboys, desperados andordinary people. High qual i ty of pr int ing, handset type, 195 photos. Embossed black and goldhard cover. Fine gift item. $15.00.THE DESERT IS YOURS by Erie Stanley Gardner.In his latest book on the desert areas of theWest, the author again takes his reader withhim as he uses every means of transportation toexplore the wilderness areas and sift the factsand rumors about such famous legends as theLost Arch, Lost Dutchman and Lost Dutch Ovenmines. 256. pages, i l lustrated Hard cover. $7.50.HUNTING THE DESERT WHALE by Erie StanleyGardner. Among the f irst Americans to evercamp at Scammon's Lagoon in Baja Cal i fornia,if not the f irst, Gardner learned, while huntingthe great grey whale with a camera that theydon ' t sit graciously for portraits! Whale huntingand beach combing for rae treasures make forexcit ing reading. Hardcover, 208 pages, i l lus-t rated with photos. $6.00.

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Ar izona Nat iona l L ives tock Show, Veterans Memor ia l Col i-seum , Phoenix , Ar iz . , Jan. 4 -8 ; Los t Dutchman Days, Apache Junc t i on ,Ariz. , Jan. 22; Annual Tubac Art Fest ival at Tubac, Ariz . , Jan. 27;Dons Club Travelcade rock hunt, Phoenix, Jan. 30; Pima CountySheri f f 's Posse Horse Show, Tucson, Jan . 29 -30 .

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Century Plants AbloomBy ESTHER HENDERSON

4 Books for Desert Readers

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6 Temecula TodayBy MARIE VALORE

8 Maps of MexicoBy ROGER K. MITCHELL

10 Owls That Don't HootBy EDNA EVANS

13 Land of Knobs and RidgesBy BETTY MACKINTOSH

17 The Dream Flower, a NightmareBy WILLIAM KLETTE

19 The Town With a PastBy JACK DELANEY

2 1 Old Plank Road photoBy CARLOS ELMER

23 Safari in Your Own BackyardBy LARRY SPAIN

27 Along the BorderBy THETFORD LEVINESS

29 Weav er, ArizonaBy LAMBERT FLORIN

3(1 Quicksilver Mines RevivedBy JOHN DESHA DAVIES

37 Desert DispensaryBy SAM HICKS

3 8 DESERT CookeryBy LUCILLE I. CARLESON

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J v e w & w f t s I ( M y ) 0 g e f i f f t e a d e / i sHUNTING LOST MINESBY HELICOPTERBy Erie Stanley Gardner

Many books have been written aboutthe famous Lost Dutchman Mine in Ari-zona's Superstition Mountains, but thisbook will be a hard one to follow. It isGardner's best desert book by far. Hereis the suspense expected by the famousmystery writer's Perry Mason fans. Hereis first hand adventure described sovividly that you, the reader, are rightthere. Here is mystery, excerpts from ahighly-charged court scene in which a wit-ness accuses a prospector of murder; and,here are splendid nights around camp-fires accompanied by the whir of heli-copter blades and old friends.Gardner and his cohorts had three ob-jectives when they undertook this missioninto the Superstition Mountains. One ,they wanted to separate the wheat fromthe chaff that legend ascribes to the LostDutchm an. They wanted a good firsthand look at terrain too rugged to ac-commodate foot travelers. And theywanted to investigate a cliff dwellingthey'd heard was so inaccessible that itcould only be reached by helicopter. TheSuperstition Mountains have been pro-claimed a wilderness area, so vehiclesthere are not permitted. To explore thisincredibly rugged terrain by horse or footwould take a lifetime. Gardner is thefirst person to explore it by helicopter andwrite about what he found. He foundplenty, too, but we don't want to spoil thebook by telling it here.

In this book the Lost Dutchman legendis splendidly researched, both historicallyand first hand. Part of our W esternlore, this particular lost mine has playeda vital role in Arizona's past as well asits present. Its mysteries have intriguedadventurers the world over. Hunting LostMines by Helicopter is more than just anadventure book. It's worthy of a promin-ent place among collections of WesternAmericana.The second part of the book is abouta relatively unknown lost mine whichGardner considers even better authentica-ted than the Lost Dutchman, and equallyadventurous. This is the Nummel lostgold ledge. DESERT readers will recallour story about it in the April 1965 issue

when we accompanied Gardner's expedi-tion into the Trigo Mountains which liealong the Colorado River north of Yuma,Arizona. After that story was printed,Gardner conducted further explorationsinto the area and came up with somemighty hot clues.

Hunting Lost Mines by Helicopter isa book we enthusiastically recommend toall lovers of the desert and its lore. Well-illustrated, hard cover, 287 pages. $7.50.

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THE JOURNEY OF THE FLAMEBy W alter Nordhoff

One of the best books on the Cali-fornias ever written, this book is nowreprinted by popula r demand. Originallypublished in 1933 under the name ofFierro Blanco, its true author was notrevealed until after his death.The Journey of the Flame tells of anepic passage from the tip of Baja Cali-fornia up to San Francisco which tookplace about 150 years ago. Altho ugh fic-tionalized, the author's deep understand-ing of early Spanish rulers, their Indiansubjects and his familiarity with Baja'sjagged land is so authentic as to classthis book as authoritative. One of thefamous legends to arise from its pages isthat of the Spanish pearl ship swept intothe Salton Sea region of upper Californiaby a tempest in the Gulf of California.

Whether or not the author repeated anancient legend told him by natives orinvented the incident himself is unknown,but like the rest of his book, it bears soheavily toward historically proven mater-ial that it may well be true.The ]ourney of the Flame is a greatreading experience and anyone interestedin Baja California will find it among themost rewarding books ever written on thesubject.Hardcover, 295 pages. $4.95.

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e Story of the John M uir Trai lAnother book about the Sierra Nevadasof California, this one is authored by arack photographer who has made thetrek along the John Muir Trail a numberof times. No worn shoe or soggy saddleblanket pocketbook, this is a spectacularaccount of California's primitive areawritten with vitality. W ith chapters on

the history, geography, geology, meteor-ology, flora, fauna and people of theregion, it's a point-by-point guide to beenjoyed by those who contemplate thetrip as well as by those who have alreadyshared the experience. Beautifully illus-trated with black and white and somecolored photos, it is 231 pages, hardcover,and $8.50.H I S T O R Y O F T H ESIERRA NEVADABy Francis P. Farquhar

Written by a man who has personallywalked the trails of this great snowyrange, the author vividly recreates eventsfollowing the Spaniard's first sighting ofthe range to the intensive exploring andmountaineering of today's John MuirTrail. In re-examining these events, theauthor has corrected errors which castnew light upon such figures as John C.Fremont, J. D. Whitney and ClarenceKin g. From the paths of early trappers,the author observes Yosemite's Big Trees.He (delves into the Sierra's economic andrecreational features, and he reappraisesGovernment surveys.Illustrated with both historic and mod-ern photos, the book contains 262 pages,is hardcover and costs $10.00.

N A Y A R I T , M E X I COA Traveler 's GuidebookBy Howard E. Gulick

The author, who co-authored LowerCalifornia Guidebook, the "Bible ofBaja," has accomplished another splendidbook in this one. With chapters devotedto the historic and scenic state of Nayarit,along Mexico's west coast, he delves intothe manners and mores of the people, thearcheology and pre-Columbian art of theregion, flora, fauna, and geographicalaspects.One of the highlights of this book isa mile-by-mile description of the roadfrom Tepic, capital of Nayarit, to thepopular resort town of Puerto Vallarta.Until recently it was only possible toreach Puerto V allarta by air. Even today,while a highway to it is under construc-tion, a bridge across the Rio Ameca is not

even begun. However, during the dryseasonfrom March to Mayit is pos-sible to ford this river and drive toPuerto Vallarta. Once the highway iscompleted, this glamorous, yet primitiveresort will be entirely changed and nodoubt the surrounding conutry will reflectthe advent of increased tourism. If youhave adequate transportation to negotiatethe trip, the sooner you plan this trip thebetter. Mr. Gulick's book alone is enoughto start you packingand should be thefirst thing to go into your valise!Hardcover, 168 pages, splendid mapsand illustrated with photos. $5.50.

DR AMA IN THE SUNBy Peter Odens

In recounting tales from ImperialValley, California, the author does a finejob. He writes about the treasure ship ofSalton Sea lost in an area where you cansee the famous Crown of Thorn or gatherrock concretions while you search for it.He tells the history of the Tumco mineand he describes courageous treks throughhot desert sands which came to tragicends. Well known old-timers of ImperialValley play a role in this Drama in theSunBill Duflock and Hal Biers of ElCentro and Brawley, Mike Dowd whoknew the Colorado River better than any-one else, Hugh Osborn who sponsoredthe Glamis Road, novelist Harold BellWright, and many others.

Of more than local interest, this littlepaper back with 64 pages is a good hu-man-history of a region as exciting as anyon the desert. Illustrated with photosand drawings. $1.00.a very amateur guide toANTIQUE BOTTLE COLLECTINGBy Bea Boynton

After finding her 39th bottle, theauthor launched upon this book. Withgreat enthusiasm, she offers suggestions,procedures and very pertinent informationfor those who are just beginning to dig.Most of her finds have occured near Vir-ginia City, Nevada, but she has dug uplots of amusing lore along with her bot-tles and what she says in the book wouldapply to bottle hunters everywhere.

She explains what makes bottles pur-ple and opalized and how to tell at aglance whether your find is worth haul-ing home. Only $1.00, paperback, illustra-ted with good, distinct drawings andhighly recommended to amateurs by thisreviewer. Those who are already collec-tors will be amused, perhaps, but thisbook is not for them.

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ft TREATY OF fIN THIS ADOBE. JANUAR Y 5. 1852, TlFRIENDSHIP ENTERED INTO AT VILLAGE OF TEMECULBETWEEN UNITED STATES AND SAN LUIS REY. KAHW EA.AND COC OMC AHR A INDIANS ' TRE.ATY (MP