All the Wild and Lonely Places

This thoughtful and evocative portrait of the Anza-Borrego Desert explores the people who have lived there, both original inhabitants and Spanish and American newcomers--soldiers, Forty-Niners, cowboys, canal-builders, naturalists, recreationists, and restorationists. Illustrations.

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The Anza-Borrego Desert, on the southern border of California, is the subject of this portrait of place. Journalist Hogue describes Anza-Borrego and the people who have lived there, including the Cahuilla and Kumeyaay Indians and European newcomers including soldiers, miners, cowboys, canal-builders