Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1990). First edition - Uncommon first edition of this collection of thirteen essays about California's Central Valley, including the "The Lake That Would Not Die" about Tulare Lake - which came back yet again after the rains of 2022-23, and other essays on the Kern River, William Saroyan, the literary landscape of the valley - Joan Didion, William Everson, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto, and Richard Rodriguez were all raised in this agricultural heartland - and more. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-88496-3217.

New York: Delacorte, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children set in California during the Great Depression. ISBN: 0385310560.