The White Heart of Mojave : An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)
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Review
"The White Heart of Mojave demonstrates the intrepid spirit of adventuring women in the 1920s, especially those who worked so hard to achieve the vote. It gives readers a chance to see the Mojave and Death Valley as it was in the years between the early mineral exploitation and the current tourist exploitation. For feminist scholars, Perkins's tone and attitude toward her subject matter will be fascinating." -- Ann Ronald, University of Nevada, Reno
Book Description
An ardent early suffragette, Edna Brush Perkins set out in 1920 with her friend, Charlotte Hannahs Jordan, to journey into the Mojave, both women seeking to escape civilization and their struggle to secure voting rights for women. The Mojave at that time was considered to be a desolate, inaccessible region--part of the fading American frontier. Originally published in 1922, The White Heart of Mojave is Perkins' account of this journey.
Perkins' evocative writing describes the landscape and the people she encounters. As editor Peter Wild writes, this is ultimately the story of two wealthy women who enter Death Valley "as a sort of middle-aged lark" and "emerge from the trip profoundly changed."
The White Heart of Mojave : An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)
The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics),Edna Brush Perkins,Peter Wild,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801865050,California,Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.),Description and travel,Essays & Travelogues,History - General History,Landscape,Mojave Desert,Mojave Desert (Calif.),Perkins, Edna Brush,Travel,United States - Pacific - California,United States - State & Local - General,United States - West - Pacific (General),Women's Studies - History,Classic travel writing,Inter-war period, 1918-1939,Journeys,Medical / Geriatrics,USA
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