The West is still wild / by Harry Carr; with illustrations by Charles H. Owens.

With hardcover

Map on front pastedown and front free end papers

Cont.: Girls of the border -- What the Apaches told me -- The day of battle -- The desert goes Hollywood -- California's Gretna Green -- The perilous mountains -- The last Aryan migration -- The Carlsbad Caverns -- Jornada del Muerte -- Santa Fe -- Kit Carson's home -- The Enchanted Mesa -- The conquistadores -- The Navajo country -- The biggest job in the world [Hoover Dam] -- An introduction to California -- Where California began -- The tourist trail -- The padre and I keep house -- El Camino Real -- Bandits and churches -- California's Russian princess [Helena de Gagarin] -- The day of the dons -- A California cattle ranch -- El Dorado -- Death Valley -- A geological wonderland -- A tale of two cities.