Garrison, Tom

I was born the youngest of four children to two Dust Bowl Okies who migrated to Shafter, CA in the Central Valley. I graduated with a BA in political science from California State College, Bakersfield in 1974; earned a MA in political science from University of California, Davis in 1976; and finished all but my PhD dissertation in political science at University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980. I have explored and hiked the American Southwest for more than 25 years. My wife, Deb Looker, accompanied me on all those treks and every hike in this book.