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Cactus queen : Minerva Hoyt establishes Joshua Tree National Park /

Long before she became known as the Cactus Queen, Minerva Hamilton Hoyt found solace in the unexpected beauty of the Mojave Desert in California. She loved the jackrabbits and coyotes, the prickly cacti, and especially the weird, spiky Joshua trees. However, in the 1920s, hardly anyone else felt the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Lori (Author)
Other Authors: Ely, Jenn (Jennifer Kristin), 1983- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hoyt, Minerva, > 1866-1945 > Juvenile literature.
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.) > Juvenile literature.
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.) > History > Juvenile literature.
Desert conservation > California > History > Juvenile literature.
Natural history > California > Joshua Tree National Park > Juvenile literature.
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.) > History.
Desert conservation > California > History.
Hoyt, Minerva Hamilton, > 1866-1945.
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.)
Natural history > California > Joshua Tree National Park.
Joshua Tree National Monument (Calif.) > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Joshua Tree National Monument (Calif.) > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Déserts > Conservation > Californie > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Joshua Tree National Monument (Calif.) > Histoire.
Déserts > Conservation > Californie > Histoire.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc..
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
Desert conservation.
California
California > Joshua Tree National Park.
Desert conservation > History. > California.
Picture books for children.
picture books.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Children's stories > Pictorial works.
Biographies.
Livres d'images.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: F8687.J6 A44 2024
 
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