Dry Borders: Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert
 "Everyone will find something of interest here, from overviews of the history and geology to tributes to those hardy explorers who set the standards for the decades of fieldwork that followed. Highly Recommended."—CHOICE "Blending natural and cultural history, biogeography, and conservation, Dry Borders presents a comprehensive background to the Sonoral Desert that is extraordinarily readable. Although scholarly, the conversational tone and nontechnical prose makes the personality and passion of the contributing authors apparent and creates an engaging work. This large, handsome volume imparts to readers a profound "sense of place" and will be an asset to anyone seeking to understand the history, complexity, and future challenges of this starkly beautiful region."—Quarterly Review of Biology"Provides an intriguing blend of natural and human history, scientific information, personal reminiscence, and pleas for conservation of the region, presented by some of the key figures in the recent scientific exploration of the lower Sonoran Desert. Clearly a labor of love that will remain for many years an essential introduction to this remarkable desert region."—Journal of Anthropological Research  "A series of elegant, sometimes haunting love letters to the Sonoran Desert. A vital, important book. If you're already a desert fiend, it's a must-have, and if you don’t know diddley about the desert, you need to pick it up. There really is no other book like this."—Tucson Weekly "I can imagine many readers in a colder or more thickly peopled terrain curling up with it to dream, with this difference: what it's selling is not the idea of moving to the desert, but of caring about it."—Orion