Tehachapi Bookshelf
Sierra Nevada Natural History
By Tracy I. Storer and Robert Usinger
1963 University of California Press
ISBN # 0-520-01226-7
While not specifically about the Tehachapi Mountains, this field guide documents the plants, animals, physical features and much more of the adjacent Sierra Nevada Range, so much of it is applicable to our area. With some photos and line drawings and hundreds of brief descriptions, it is a very useful and well-written guide to the natural world.
Desert Country
By Bob Powers
2002 The Arthur H. Clark Company
ISBN # 0-87062-317-6
This is another of the many historical books the late Bob Powers of Kern Valley wrote about Kern County, and this one sheds light on the history and communities of the Mojave Desert, which comprises about a third of the county's total area. This book is easy reading and both informative and entertaining.
Their Places Shall No Them No More
By Judy Barras (Lee)
1984 Sierra Printers
This slim volume is an account of the author's interaction with Nuwä (Kawaiisu or Southern Paiute) Indian people of the Tehachapi and essays about their history, culture and beliefs. The late author was a former resident of the Tehachapi area and a writer for the Tehachapi News and Bakersfield Californian.