Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932653413
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Entertaining account of the author's experiences walking with a burro 1,000 miles from the U.S. border to Loreto, Baja California. Mackintosh and his burro traversed scorching desert and frigid pine-covered mountains to visit mission sites along the way.
Journey with a Baja Burro
Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932653413
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Entertaining account of the author's experiences walking with a burro 1,000 miles from the U.S. border to Loreto, Baja California. Mackintosh and his burro traversed scorching desert and frigid pine-covered mountains to visit mission sites along the way.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932653413
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Entertaining account of the author's experiences walking with a burro 1,000 miles from the U.S. border to Loreto, Baja California. Mackintosh and his burro traversed scorching desert and frigid pine-covered mountains to visit mission sites along the way.
Baja Legends
Author: Greg Niemann
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653475
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653475
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.
Into a Desert Place
Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393312898
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The author recounts his experiences walking around the Baja California coast, describes the region's desert wildlife, and shares his impressions of the people and landscapes
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393312898
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The author recounts his experiences walking around the Baja California coast, describes the region's desert wildlife, and shares his impressions of the people and landscapes
Baja California Adventures
Author: Froylan Tiscareño
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483641937
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The stories featured in Baja California Adventures take place during a span of almost sixty years of travel in the rugged, parched, yet hauntingly attractive peninsula. The author kept detailed notes on most of his trips then fleshed out this skeleton in a narrative that places the reader in the role of participant in the adventure. Thus, one feels the bite of the 4WD tires into the desert sand, newly hard-packed by the moisture of a quick-moving thunderstorm. The author describes the excitement of finding Indian petroglyphs, arrowheads, or clay ollas in remote canyons. Because Mr. Tiscareo is also a pilot, many of the trips included here involve mention of the special immigration rules for private fly-in tourists. Finally, there are Baja adventures in the pine-clad granite fortress that is the Sierra de San Pedro Mrtir in the northern part of the peninsula. Here, the author joined other veteran Bajeos in hoof-and-boot or horse-assisted explorations. In short, this book should be inspiration to those readers who want to visit Baja California, particularly the less tourist-trod destinations. Armchair travelers will derive vicarious pleasure without the effort of going there themselves.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483641937
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The stories featured in Baja California Adventures take place during a span of almost sixty years of travel in the rugged, parched, yet hauntingly attractive peninsula. The author kept detailed notes on most of his trips then fleshed out this skeleton in a narrative that places the reader in the role of participant in the adventure. Thus, one feels the bite of the 4WD tires into the desert sand, newly hard-packed by the moisture of a quick-moving thunderstorm. The author describes the excitement of finding Indian petroglyphs, arrowheads, or clay ollas in remote canyons. Because Mr. Tiscareo is also a pilot, many of the trips included here involve mention of the special immigration rules for private fly-in tourists. Finally, there are Baja adventures in the pine-clad granite fortress that is the Sierra de San Pedro Mrtir in the northern part of the peninsula. Here, the author joined other veteran Bajeos in hoof-and-boot or horse-assisted explorations. In short, this book should be inspiration to those readers who want to visit Baja California, particularly the less tourist-trod destinations. Armchair travelers will derive vicarious pleasure without the effort of going there themselves.
Baja Outpost
Author: Marvin Patchen
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653543
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Stories, thoughts, reminiscences, and comments from the many guests who visited this rustic cabin near Catavina in remote northern Baha California over the past 20 years.
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653543
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Stories, thoughts, reminiscences, and comments from the many guests who visited this rustic cabin near Catavina in remote northern Baha California over the past 20 years.
Nearer My Dog to Thee
Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher: Graham Mackintosh
ISBN: 0962610917
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An information and humorous account of the author's sojourn with his two canine companions in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, one of North America's most fascinating and endangered froest ecosystems.
Publisher: Graham Mackintosh
ISBN: 0962610917
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An information and humorous account of the author's sojourn with his two canine companions in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, one of North America's most fascinating and endangered froest ecosystems.
Marooned with Very Little Beer
Author: Graham Mackintosh
Publisher: Baja Detour Press
ISBN: 9780962610929
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the author's two-month stay on Isla Angel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Baja, Mexico.
Publisher: Baja Detour Press
ISBN: 9780962610929
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the author's two-month stay on Isla Angel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Baja, Mexico.
Spanish Lingo for the Savvy Gringo
Author: M. F. Jones-Reid
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653598
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Focusing on the Spanish that is spoken in Mexico, and most frequently in the United States, this book teaches the language and provides insights into Mexican culture and its customs.
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780932653598
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Focusing on the Spanish that is spoken in Mexico, and most frequently in the United States, this book teaches the language and provides insights into Mexican culture and its customs.
Isle of the Amazons in the Vermilion Sea
Author: Gregory MacDonald
Publisher: 39 West Press
ISBN: 1946358142
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Myth has it that Baja California was once ruled by a giant queen, Calafia. Her subjects were black Amazon women, and they lived in a land of ferocious griffins, tall mountains, precipitous cliffs, and deep valleys. Baja was also said to be an island of gold and precious stones. Spanish explorers, lured by tales of riches and beautiful women, were drawn to this mythical place. Jesuit priests, adventurers, fishermen, hunters, and the curious soon followed. In Isle of the Amazons in the Vermilion Sea, Gregory MacDonald has assembled a superb collection of excerpts from diaries, letters, field notes, books, and journals. These short impressions give us the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of mountain hamlets, lush valleys, hot deserts, and blue seas, and together, they create a stunning narrative of the mythology, history, and topology of the Baja land, sea, and people. Montalvo, Cortéz, and Padre Eusebio Kino—in 1400, 1535, and 1701, respectively—describe the flora and fauna of a peninsula untouched by civilization, and in the twentieth century, Bancroft, Cannon, Crosby, Gardner, North, Steinbeck, and Octavio Paz, among others, speak of the fishing, the hunting, and, despite hardships, the pure joy of being. The writers observe fish pileups and feeding-frenzies; suffer insect bites, cactus pricks, and jellyfish stings; and are awed by magical sunsets, the silence of the desert, and the stars. Original illustrations by award-winning printmaker Judith Palmer transform the work into a masterpiece.
Publisher: 39 West Press
ISBN: 1946358142
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Myth has it that Baja California was once ruled by a giant queen, Calafia. Her subjects were black Amazon women, and they lived in a land of ferocious griffins, tall mountains, precipitous cliffs, and deep valleys. Baja was also said to be an island of gold and precious stones. Spanish explorers, lured by tales of riches and beautiful women, were drawn to this mythical place. Jesuit priests, adventurers, fishermen, hunters, and the curious soon followed. In Isle of the Amazons in the Vermilion Sea, Gregory MacDonald has assembled a superb collection of excerpts from diaries, letters, field notes, books, and journals. These short impressions give us the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of mountain hamlets, lush valleys, hot deserts, and blue seas, and together, they create a stunning narrative of the mythology, history, and topology of the Baja land, sea, and people. Montalvo, Cortéz, and Padre Eusebio Kino—in 1400, 1535, and 1701, respectively—describe the flora and fauna of a peninsula untouched by civilization, and in the twentieth century, Bancroft, Cannon, Crosby, Gardner, North, Steinbeck, and Octavio Paz, among others, speak of the fishing, the hunting, and, despite hardships, the pure joy of being. The writers observe fish pileups and feeding-frenzies; suffer insect bites, cactus pricks, and jellyfish stings; and are awed by magical sunsets, the silence of the desert, and the stars. Original illustrations by award-winning printmaker Judith Palmer transform the work into a masterpiece.
Tequila, Lemon, and Salt
Author: Daniel Reveles
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0932653650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The border town of Tecate comes to life and the lives of its inhabitants unfold, full of surprises and a few broken dreams, in this new collection of stories from Daniel Reveles, the acclaimed author of Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans.
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0932653650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The border town of Tecate comes to life and the lives of its inhabitants unfold, full of surprises and a few broken dreams, in this new collection of stories from Daniel Reveles, the acclaimed author of Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans.