Kiowa County Public Library District

The author's journey through the Southwest, with over two hundred photographs taken by his brother.

Describes eighty significant cacti of the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts, including several which are listed as threatened or endangered. Most are shown in full flower.

Birds thrive in a wide variety of Western habitats, including deserts, grasslands, riparian areas, and mountain ranges. With detailed accounts of over 100 species by Lynn Hassler and new illustrations in full color showcases many of the feathered creatures found in these diverse terrains.

Contains a series of hand-tinted lantern slide images taken in the American Southwest by Ansel Hall, the first official park naturalist at Yosemite National Park, during the Rainbow Bridge/Monument Valley Expedition of the 1930s.