The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though natur…

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The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California. ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.116, Penguin
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