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Desert Solitaire
- Edward Abbey
The Voice of the Desert
-
Joseph Wood Krutch
The Grapes of Wrath
- John Steinbeck
On The Road
- Jack Kerouac
East of Eden
- John Steinbeck
Down the River
- Edward Abbey
Lasso the Wind
- Timothy Egan
Walking It Off
- Doug Peacock
Cities of Gold
- Douglas Preston
Blue Desert
- Charles Bowden
Dead Man's Float
- Jim Harrison
The River Why
- David James Duncan
Of Mice and Men
- John Steinbeck
Land of Little Rain
- Mary Austin
The Dharma Bums
- Jack Kerouac
Bless Me Ultima-
Rudolfo Anaya
All the Wild and Lonely Places
- Lawrence Hogue
Bound For Glory
- Woody Guthrie
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
-
Wallace Stegner
The Desert
- John C. Van Dyke
The Human Comedy
- William Saroyan
Big Sur
- Jack Kerouac
Going Back to Bisbee
- Richard Shelton
The Red Caddy: Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey
- Charles Bowden
Lonesome Dove
- Larry McMurtry
One Life at a Time, Please
- Edward Abbey
Everett Ruess: A Vagabond For Beauty
- Everett Ruess
My First Summer In The Sierra
- John Muir
The Monkey Wrench Gang
- Edward Abbey
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
- Kent Nerburn
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
- Dan Flores
Crown Jewel Wilderness
- Lauren Danner
Ask The Dust
- John Fante
Cannery Row
- John Steinbeck
Grizzly Years
- Doug Peacock
Confessions of a Barbarian
- Edward Abbey
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
- Dee Brown
Sweet Thursday
- John Steinbeck
Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert
- Terry Tempest Williams
Where Water Comes Together With Other Water
- Raymond Carver
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
- Vine Deloria, Jr.
The Mountains of California
- John Muir
Death Comes For the Archbishop
- Willa Cather
The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- John Steinbeck
Once They Moved Like The Wind: Cochise, Geronimo And The Apache Wars
-David Roberts
The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
- J.S. Holliday
The Log of the Sea of Cortez
- John Steinbeck
Ceremony
- Leslie Marmon Silko
The Desert Smells Like Rain- A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country
- Gary Paul Nabhan
Native Roads: The Complete Motoring Guide to the Navajo and Hopi Nations
- Fran Kosik
The Devil's Highway
-
Luis Urrea
Los Angeles Stories
- Ry Cooder
The Journey Home-Some Words In Defense Of The West
- Edward Abbey
Motel Chronicles
- Sam Shepard
Slumgullion Stew
- Edward Abbey
The Man Who Killed The Deer
- Frank Waters
Abbey's Road
- Edward Abbey
The Spell Of New Mexico
- Tony Hillerman
Brown Dog
- Jim Harrison
Across the Wide Missouri
- Bernard De Voto
Black Mesa Poems
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
Riders Of The Purple Sage
- Zane Grey
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West-
Cormac McCarthy
California: A History
- Kevin Starr
The Road to Los Angeles
- John Fante
The Way to Rainy Mountain
- N. Scott Momaday
Go In Beauty
- William Eastlake
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
- Craig Childs
The Big Sky
- A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
Down By The River
-
Charles Bowden
Hondo
- Louis L'Amour
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
- John Fante
Cactus Country
- Edward Abbey
The Sonoran Desert
- Charles Bowden
It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own
-
Robert White
Skinwalkers
- Tony Hillerman
The General and The Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt For Pancho Villa
- Eileen Welsome
Border Patrol Nation - Dispatches From the Front Lines of Homeland Security
- Todd Miller
Plainsong
- Kent Haruf
Chavez Ravine 1949: A Los Angeles Story
- Don Normark
Crossing Open Ground
- Barry Lopez
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
- Oliver La Farge
Islands In The Sky: Chiricahua Mountain
s - Weldon Heald
Carver Country-The World of Raymond Carver
- Bob Adelman
The Southwest Inside And Out
- Thomas Wiewandt
Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer
- Robert C. Pavlik
The Emerald Mile
- Kevin Fedarko
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
: Hunter S. Thompson
Dreams From Bunker Hill
- John Fante
Tortilla Flat
- John Steinbeck
Adventures with Ed
- Jack Loeffler
Missing in the Minarets
- William Alsup
Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement
- Susan Zakin
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
- Marguerite Henry
McTeague- A Story of San Francisco
- Frank Norris
Hayduke Lives!
- Edward Abbey
Rock Springs
- Richard Ford
Mormon Country
- Wallace Stegner
Finding Everett Ruess
- David Roberts
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
- Edward Abbey
In Dubious Battle
- John Steinbeck
One Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From the World at Large
- Chris LaTray
Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Southwest
- Kenneth A, Brown
No Place For A Puritan
- Ruth Nolan
Cadillac Desert
- Marc Reisner
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
- Belden Lane
On the Loose
- Renny Russell
The Ancient Southwest
- David W. Stuart
Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937-1941
- Darryl Holter
Great Plains
- Ian Frazier
Burro Genius
- Victor Villasenor
Men to Match My Mountains
- Irving Stone
The Apache Wars
- Paul Andrew Hutton
The North American Indian
- Edward S. Curtis
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
- Tim Egan
A Journey into Steinbeck's California
- Susan Shillinglaw
The Disappearances: A Story of Exploration, Murder and Mystery in the American West
- Scott Thybony
Road Angels: Searching for Home Down America's Coast of Dreams
- Kent Nerburn
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- Sherman Alexie
Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave
- Sean Prentiss
Fire on the Mountain
- Ed Abbey
A Distant Trumpet
- Paul Horgan
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
- Edward Abbey
Black Sun
- Edward Abbey
Indian Wars of 1864
- Eugene Fitch Ware
Favorite Songs of The West
Ballad of Easy Rider
-
The Byrds
Out On The Weekend -
Neil Young
Southside of Heaven -
Ryan Bingham
Dirty Chateau
-
Ry Cooder
Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) -
Woody Guthrie
Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas) -
Jimmie Rodgers
Golden Feather -
Robbie Robertson
El Paso -
Marty Robbins
Coyote, My Little Brother -
Pete Seeger
When the Cactus is in Bloom
- Jimmy Rodgers
Swept Away -
Jon Dee Graham
Hello Sunshine -
Bruce Springsteen
Billy 7 -
Bob Dylan
Skinwalker -
Robbie Robertson
Do Re Mi -
Woody Guthrie
Route 66 -
Nat King Cole
Coyotes -
Don Edwards
Here In California -
Kate Wolf
Frank's Tavern -
Calexico
Everett Ruess -
Dave Alvin
By a Campfire on the Trail
- Sons of the Pioneers
Angel Island -
The Brother Brothers
The Redtail Hawk -
Kate Wolf and the Wildwood Flower
Romance in Durango -
Bob Dylan
The Ballad of Edward Abbey -
Tom Russell
Poor Man's Shangri-La -
Ry Cooder
Streets of Bakersfield -
Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam
Folsom Prison Blues -
Johnny Cash
The Ghost of Tom Joad -
Bruce Springsteen
Manzanita -
Dave Alvin
Across The Wire -
Calexico
Boracho Station -
Ryan Bingham
El Cerrito Place -
Charlie Robison
Pancho and Lefty -
Townes Van Zandt
Llano Estacado -
Carrie Rodriguez
Waiting For a Train -
Jimmie Rodgers
The Crossing -
Alejandro Escovedo
Diamonds On My Windshield -
Tom Waits
King of California -
Dave Alvin
Santa Fe -
Samantha Crain
Let Me Die In My Footsteps -
Bob Dylan
Rio Grande -
Dave Alvin
Guadalupe -
Tom Russell
A Horse With No Name -
America
Everett Ruess
- Dana Robinson and Susan Robinson
California Snow -
Dave Alvin
Ballad For A Friend -
Bob Dylan
The Book
- Carter Burwell
Ventura -
Lucinda Williams
California -
Jay Farrar
Quick Sand -
Ry Cooder
Way Out West -
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
Rocky Mountain High -
John Denver
Old California Town -
Larry Robinson
Bisbee Blue -
Calexico
Out in California -
Dave Alvin
Texas -
Tami Neilson
Western Stars
- Bruce Springsteen
Texas Love Song -
Slaid Cleaves
Streets of Laredo -
Don Edwards
John Wesley Harding -
Bob Dylan
On the Old Spanish Trail -
Tommy Garrett
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings -
Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson
LA Woman -
The Doors
3rd Base, Dodger Stadium -
Ry Cooder
Desperado -
The
Cactus Blossoms
Time Spent in Los Angeles -
Dawes
I Left My Heart in San Francisco -
Tony Bennett
Arizona -
Kings of Leon
Topanga Cowgirl -
Mudcrutch
Border Town Girl -
Los Lobos
Ventura Highway -
America
Men of the Fields -
David Baumgarten
The Promised Land -
Bruce Springsteen
Kern River -
Merle Haggard
Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts -
Bob Dylan
Tonight We Ride -
Tom Russell
Big Iron -
Marty Robbins
South of the River -
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Arizona -
Alejandro Escovedo
Home on the Range -
Roy Rogers
Santa Ana Wind -
Tom Russell
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky-
Johnny Cash
Arizona Skies -
Los Lobos
Red Hills Of Utah-
Marty Robbins
Sleepy Joe's Cafe -
Bruce
Springsteen
Flores Y Tamales
- Calexico
Sand and Stone -
Dylan LeBlanc
Levelland-
James McMurtry
L.A. County -
Lyle Lovett
San Franciscan Nights -
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Monterey -
Eric Burdon
405 -
Death Cab For Cutie
Tumbling Tumbleweeds-
Frankie Laine
Viva Las Vegas -
Elvis Presley
Border Radio
- Dave Alvin
All Along the Watchtower-
Bob Dylan
I Am California -
John Craigie
San Ber'dino -
Frank Zappa
Which Way Does That Old Pony Run? -
Lyle Lovett
Texan Love Song -
Elton John
Ballad of Ira Hayes -
Johnny Cash
In the Western Wind and the Sunrise -
Dave Simonett
Albuquerque Lullabye -
Dan Bern
I Love LA -
Randy Newman
Telluride -
Kate Wolf and The Wildwood Flower
LA Freeway -
Guy Clark
Benediction: Edward Abbey -
Tom Russell
Esperanza
- Calexico
Ramon Casiano -
Drive-by Truckers
Senor -
Bob Dylan
Colorado Trail -
Roy Rogers
Santa Fe -
Bob Dylan and The Band
99 Miles From LA -
Art Garfunkel
The Wild Escalante
- Walkin' Jim Stoltz
California Stars -
Billy Bragg & Wilco
High on Tulsa Heat -
John Moreland
Willin' -
Little Feat
Slowness -
Calexico
House of Earth -
Lucinda Williams
Santa Fe -
Rent Original Cast
Beehive State -
Randy Newman
Happy Trails
- Roy Rogers
Hotel Arizona -
Wilco
California Girls -
Beach Boys
Princess of Fresno -
Echo Sparks
Texas Easy Street -
Don Flemons
New Mexico -
Johnny Cash
Alone in Arizona
- John Doe
Headin' For The Texas Border -
Flamin' Groovies
Montana -
Frank Zappa
Headin' Down The Rio Grande -
Jimmy Luttrell
Lost on the Desert -
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
The History of Utah -
Camper Van Beethoven
California (Cast Iron Soul) -
Jamestown Revival
Whispering Journeys
- Robert Tree Cody
New Mexico -
Jack Nitzsche
Steinbeck's Ghost -
Larry Robinson
Taos -
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman
Cumbia de Donde
- Calexico
Albuquerque -
Neil Young
Sunrise At Four Corners -
Eric Tingstad
Arches National Park -
Michael Zampi
Black Mesa -
Bill Webb
The Free Mexican Air Force -
Flaco
Jimenez
Taos, New Mexico -
Waylon Jennings
Lights Of Santa Fe -
Eliza Gilkyson
Nevada -
Riders In The Sky
Albuquerque -
Asleep at The Wheel
Oklahoma Hills -
Woody Guthrie
California Dreamin' -
Mamas and Papas
Billy the Kid & Geronimo -
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
California -
Mojave
White Freightliner Blues -
Lyle Lovett
California Sun -
The Rivieras
Goodbye Old Paint -
Dom Flemons
Whittier Blvd. -
Thee Midniters
Montana Song -
David Ackles
Big Sky Country -
Chris Whitley
Silver City -
Alejandro Escovedo
Screw You, We're From Texas
- Ray Wylie Hubbard
Lobo Town -
James McMurtry
Snow in San Anselmo -
Van Morrison
The West Side -
Carrie Rodriguez
Tamale House #1 -
Jon Dee Graham
Leavin' Texas
- Jerry Jeff Walker
Hollywood -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Desert Song
- Dean Owens
Born in East L.A. -
Cheech and Chong
California -
Joni Mitchell
Voices in the Field -
Calexico
Salinas Valley -
David Baumgarten
Horizontal -
Alejandro Escovedo
Borderline -
Slaid Cleaves
Big Sky Country -
Chris Whitley
Belle of the West -
Samantha Fish
California -
Steph Jenkins
Wildflower Perfume -
The Dead Tongues
Depreston -
Courtney Barnett
Snowin' on Raton -
Townes Van Zandt
Texas Flyer -
Freddie King
Texas Is My Mother -
Alejandro Escovedo
Away Out on a Mountain -
Jimmie Rodgers
Texas Top Hand -
Don Walser
Downey to Lubbock -
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Fairest of Them All -
Slaid Cleaves
Pelican Bay -
Jenny Lewis
Albuquerque
- Dave Alvin
The Ballad of Lonesome Cowboy Bill -
Amanda Fish
Route 66 -
The Replacements
The Golden Voice of Vin Scully -
Dan Bern
Tucson Train -
Bruce Springsteen
Lawrence of California
- Mekons
Nevada, California -
The Jayhawks
Nowhere but Barstow and Prison -
The Prison Project
Route 101
- Herb Alpert
Maggie
- Sarah Jarosz
In the Western Wind and the Sunrise -
Dave Simonett
Santa Ana Wind
- Tom Russell
California Song -
Jerry Jeff Walker
Sierra Nevada -
Sons of the San Joaquin
Santa Rosa Serenade -
Rich O'Brien
Get Along Little Dogies-
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Night Herding Song -
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Texas 1947 -
Guy Clark
Texas Eagle -
Steve Earle
Santa Fe -
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Along the Santa Fe Trail -
Ed McCurdy
The Texian Boys -
John Lomax, Jr.
I Ride an Old Paint -
Cisco Houston
Boll Weevil Song -
Eddie Cochran
Joe Hill's Ashes -
Otis Gibbs
We'll Be Cattlemen -
Richmond Fontaine
Old Paint -
Linda Ronstadt
Obsessed with the West
- Brennen Leigh
Goin' Out West
-
Tom Waits
Wild West
- Lissie
Ballad of Cable Hogue
-
Calexico
Pawnshop Past Palestine
- Kade Anson
Tulsa County
- Jesse Ed Davis
Colorado Sky
- Cristina Vane
Santa Fe Thief
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
El Romance-O
- John Doe
Waking Up in Los Angeles
- Fruit Bats
California Earthquake
- Sam Bush
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