It's Appendix and Index make it a great reference tool for those interested in plant and animal life around tidepools.

    The what and why of desert country -- It suits him fine -- Strange forest -- How they got that way -- He was there before Coronado -- The moth and the candle -- The mouse that never drinks -- Settlers, old and new -- And every single one of them is right -- First on the mountain top -- Love in the desert -- Conservation is not enough -- The mystique of the desert.