C.M. Mayo <

Dear Reader,

Have you ever wondered what lies deep in the deserts of Baja California? For me, Mexico's nearly 1,000 mile-long peninsula had always held a glittering allure. When I heard about its stunning cave art and the antique ways of the ranchers living in remote canyons, I knew I had to go.

I found breathtaking beauty: dream-like petroglyphs, dawn melting over the Sea of Cortez, hundreds of whales frolicking in a mirror-like bay, baroque mission churches nestled into lush oases and, most of all, the strange and labyrinthical stories of the bajacalifornios themselves.

Read more at the book's website, which includes the complete chapter about the heavenly "Bay of Angels."

¡Feliz viaje!

.............................................................C.M. MAYO





"One of the best books ever about Baja California. Highly recommended"
Library Journal



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever wondered what lies beyond our border, deep in the deserts of Mexico's nearly 1,000 mile-long Baja California peninsula? For me it always held a glittering allure, and when I heard about the stunning precolumbian cave art and antique culture of the ranchers in the remote canyons, I knew I had to go.

Miraculous Air is not only about the sights of this ravishing land— the breathtaking petroglyphs, dawn melting over the Sea of Cortez, whales frolicking in Laguna San Ignacio, baroque mission churches nestled into lush oases— but the bajacalifornios themselves.

I invite you to visit the book's webpage, where you can view the table of contents, read the chapter about the heavenly "Bay of Angels" and the very curious reason why the cover features an angel flying a tiny house across the water.

Feliz viaje!

C.M. Mayo

A luminous exploration of Baja California, from its southern tip at Cabo San Lucas to its 'lost city' of Tijuana... [Mayo] takes the fiction writer's impulse and blends it with the instincts of a journalist to create a work of nonfiction that elides into modern myth"
Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Miraculous Air is rich with its own evocative descriptions of the peninsula's raw beauty.. Her journey of 1,000 miles is a trip worth taking."
The San Diego Union-Tribune

"With elegant prose and an artist's eye for detail, Mayo may just have written one of the best books ever about Baja California. Highly recommended"
Library Journal		 
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