California Desert Trails

Joseph Smeaton Chase (1864 - 1923)

"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, on short expeditions into and across it at various points, I had fallen under its inexplicable charm; now I determined to know it more closely, by daily and nightly intercourse through months of travel in its sun-blasted solitudes: gaining the experience I desired at the price, certainly, of some discomfort, and, possibly, of a trifling degree of danger — merely enough for spice. This volume, then, is the fruit of over two years continuous camping and traveling on the desert." (From the Preface) - Summary by Steven Seitel

Genre(s): Nature, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00 Preface Steven Seitel
00:06:24
Play 01 01 Introductory Steven Seitel
00:25:55
Play 02 02 The Palm Oases and Cañons Steven Seitel
00:40:12
Play 03 03 Trees and Tree-Like Growths Steven Seitel
00:26:33
Play 04 04 The Smaller Cacti, Shrubs, and Flowers Steven Seitel
00:27:16
Play 05 05 Some Desert Indian Lore Steven Seitel
00:26:22
Play 06 06 A Desert Ride: Palm Springs to Seven Palms Steven Seitel
00:20:43
Play 07 07 Seven Palms to Thousand Palm Cañon Steven Seitel
00:23:47
Play 08 08 Thousand Palm Cañon to Coachella Valley Steven Seitel
00:27:14
Play 09 09 Coachella Valley to Piñon Well Steven Seitel
00:32:08
Play 10 10 Piñon Well to Meca Steven Seitel
00:43:42
Play 11 11 Mecca to Figtree John Steven Seitel
00:30:49
Play 12 12 Figtree John to Borego Springs Steven Seitel
00:32:54
Play 13 13 Borego Springs to Los Coyotes Steven Seitel
00:31:17
Play 14 14 Los Coyotes to Warner's Springs Steven Seitel
00:25:04
Play 15 15 Warner's Springs to Agua Caliente Steven Seitel
00:28:34
Play 16 16 Agua Caliente to ''San Felipe City'' Steven Seitel
00:31:14
Play 17 17 ''San Felipe City'' to Imperial Valley Steven Seitel
00:38:29
Play 18 18 Imperial Valley to Yuma Steven Seitel
00:34:59
Play 19 19 Yuma to Blythe Steven Seitel
00:41:16
Play 20 20 Blythe to Coachella Valley Steven Seitel
00:35:37
Play 21 21 Appendix A: Hints on Desert Travelling Steven Seitel
00:13:56