The Silence And The Sun by Joe De Kehoe. We just found this book at the Mother Road Museum in the Casa Del Desierto, the Harvey House Depot building in Barstow, CA, and this book is wonderful (the museum is pretty neat, too). If you're looking for a great read filled with mining and railroad town history of the East Mojave Desert, GET THIS BOOK.
Spin A Silver Dollar by Alberta Hannum Out of print but worth buying used.
Paint the Wind by Alberta Hannum Out of print but worth getting.
Wide Ruins by Sallie Wagner
People of the Short Blue Corn by Harold Courlander
By The Banks of Beaver Creek by Til Lightbourn & Mary Lyons (was available at the Fort Verde Gift Shop, Camp Verde Arizona)
Ride With Me by Kevin Leonard (was available at the Fort Verde Gift Shop, Camp Verde, Arizona)
The Great Taos Bank Robbery by Tony Hillerman
The Mojave Road Guide by Dennis Casebier. If you want to go trekking (4WD style, this is the road to take, and the guide to have.
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Back Door to California: The Story of the Mojave River Trail by Clifford J. Walker (was available at the Mojave Desert Visitor Center in Barstow, CA.
Escape from Death Valley by Leroy & Jean Johnson
Santa Fe Style by Christine Mather
The Ultimate Desert Handbook : A Manual for Desert Hikers, Campers and Travelers by Mark Johnson
ART books (like you didn't see that coming)
Paintings of the Southwest, edited by Arnold Skolnick
Adobe: Building and Living with Earth by Orlando Romero & David Larkin
Leading the West: One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors by Donald J. Hagerty apparently out of print, but worth looking for. It's a beautiful book.
A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona by Thomas Brent Smith
Beyond the Visible Terrain: the Art of Ed Mell by Donald J. Hagerty Out of Print.
Escape to Reality: The Western World of Maynard Dixon by Linda Jones Gibbs
Woody Gwyn (artist) by Peter Sacks
