After a long fight on the front lines of the women's suffrage movement Edna Brush Perkins and her friend Charlotte Jordan needed a vacation so they did what anyone would do to unwind and traveled for a month in one of the most inhospitable places on earth- Death Valley. At the time it was unheard of for anyone to go to the Mojave Desert for a vacation let alone two cosmopolitan women. The White Heart of Mojave poetically chronicles the story of the two trailblazing women's adventure across the desert. They experienced both awe and agony because the Mojave is a landscape unlike any other. One minute it will paralyze you with the heat of sun and the next it will freeze your bones all while dramatically taking your breath away with beautiful vistas so expansive that it makes you reconsider your place in the world. On this episode Christine and Kyle discuss the book, Christine's recent trip to the Mojave and who would play Edna in a movie.