Miraculous air
Subtitle: journey of a thousand miles through Baja California, the other Mexico
By: C.M. Mayo.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Mayo, C. M. -- Travel -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula); Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Description and travel.
Description: "Desire took C. M. Mayo to Baja California again and again. But it was longing for understanding and for a sense of real connection that produced this exquisite book, a rare jewel in the literature of Mexico and of its little-known peninsula.".

"Impassioned as a memoir, immediate as today's headlines, sweeping as the three centuries of history it traces, Miraculous Air unfolds before us, a deep map of place - rich, detailed, and nuanced. Cleaved from the Mexican mainland by the Sea of Cortes, separated from North America by a sea of cultural, economic, political, and historical difference, Baja California is, in the words of Fernando Jordan, "the other Mexico" - apart and strange.

Nearly one thousand miles long, most of the peninsula is sand and rock; a labyrinth of sierra forms its spine, rising massive against the sky and the light-dazzled sea."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The south : so close to the United States; title: Los Cabos : el Halloween and the Dia de muertos; title: Todos santos : the visitors; title: The interior: strange treasures; title: The Llano de Magdalena to San Ignacio : like people you see in a dream; title: In the Sierra de San Francisco : the most beautiful dream; title: Beyond the Vizcaíno : fine kings; title: The sea of Cortes : many secret and marvelous things; title: Cabo San Lucas to La Paz : the sea is Cortés; title: Bahía de Los Angeles : Bay of Angels; title: The Pacific coast : leviathan; title: Laguna San Ignacio : lay thine hand upon him; title: Scammon's lagoon (Laguna Ojo de Liebre) and Guerrero Negro : black; title: Warrior, white salt; title: San Quintín : in the land of the clouds; title: Borders : the sound of one hand clapping; title: Tijuana : a touch of evil; title: San Diego to Mexico City : jewel point.