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The desert and two stones / by Billie Allen.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7673
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Billie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperial County (Calif.)--Description and travel.
- Imperial County (Calif.).
- Riverside County (Calif.)--Description and travel.
- Riverside County (Calif.).
- Deserts--California.
- Deserts.
- Colorado Desert.
- Travel.
- California.
- California--Imperial County.
- California--Riverside County.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7673)
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : Harlo Press, [1969]
- Contents:
- Plant life and desert rambling
- Mines, prospectors and ghost towns
- the Colorado River
- Imperial Valley pioneers.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7673: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Author's autograph on front free endleaf recto. Pencil inscription on front free endleaf recto with To and From mailing addresses, dated Dec 1974. Pencil inscription on front endleaf verso: Dec. 1974, To: Mom & Pop, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year with Love from, Cliff, Donna & Boys. We had the priviledge [sic] of meeting Billie Allen and her husband in the Milpitas Wash out by our desert property last year. They have been desert enthusiasts for the past thirty some years. Billie Allen wrote this book about our desert area, the miners & pioneers and towns close by.
- OCLC:
- 9562220
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