Desert Survivor: An Adventurer'S Guide To Exploring The Great American Desert

Each year, more than thirty million hikers, adventurers, naturalists, and tourists visit the Great American Desert, which stretches from the Great Basin in Oregon to the Chihuahuan desert in Central Mexico. There, they find North America's most famous landmarks, including the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Big Bend in Texas, and the Canyonlands in Utah. DESERT SURVIVOR provides the ultimate guide to the natural and social history of this region of the American West, telling readers how to get there, what to take, and the dangers and pleasures they can expect to encounter along the way. The book includes maps, drawings, and photos, and features an overview of the 53 most popular national parks and monuments. Uniquely qualified for the task, the author is an experienced desert adventure who taught wilderness survival for ten years at colleges in Arizona. He also holds the distinction as being the first and only person to run the length of Arizona, from the Mexican to the Coloradan borders, the equivalent of a marathon a day for a month.