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The Land of Little Rain
The enduring appeal of the desert is strikingly portrayed in this poetic study, which has become a classic of the American Southwest. First published in 1903, it is the work of Mary Austin (1868–1934), a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, who was also an ardent early feminist and champion of Indians and Spanish-Americans. She is best known today for this enchanting paean to the vast, arid, yet remarkably beautiful lands that lie east of the Sierra Nevadas, stretching south from Yosemite through Death Valley to the Mojave Desert.
Comprising fourteen sketches, the book describes plants, animals, mountains, birds, skies, Indians, prospectors, towns, and other aspects of the desert in serene, beautifully modulated prose that conveys the timeless cycles of life and death in a harsh land. Readers will never again think of the desert as a lifeless, barren environment but rather as a place of rare, austere beauty, rich in plant and animal life, weaving a lasting spell over its human inhabitants.
Comprising fourteen sketches, the book describes plants, animals, mountains, birds, skies, Indians, prospectors, towns, and other aspects of the desert in serene, beautifully modulated prose that conveys the timeless cycles of life and death in a harsh land. Readers will never again think of the desert as a lifeless, barren environment but rather as a place of rare, austere beauty, rich in plant and animal life, weaving a lasting spell over its human inhabitants.
Reprint of the Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1903 edition.
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The enduring appeal of the desert is strikingly portrayed in this poetic study, which has become a classic of the American Southwest. First published in 1903, it is the work of Mary Austin (1868–1934), a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, who was also an ardent early feminist and champion of Indians and Spanish-Americans. She is best known today for this enchanting paean to the vast, arid, yet remarkably beautiful lands that lie east of the Sierra Nevadas, stretching south from Yosemite through Death Valley to the Mojave Desert.
Comprising fourteen sketches, the book describes plants, animals, mountains, birds, skies, Indians, prospectors, towns, and other aspects of the desert in serene, beautifully modulated prose that conveys the timeless cycles of life and death in a harsh land. Readers will never again think of the desert as a lifeless, barren environment but rather as a place of rare, austere beauty, rich in plant and animal life, weaving a lasting spell over its human inhabitants.
Comprising fourteen sketches, the book describes plants, animals, mountains, birds, skies, Indians, prospectors, towns, and other aspects of the desert in serene, beautifully modulated prose that conveys the timeless cycles of life and death in a harsh land. Readers will never again think of the desert as a lifeless, barren environment but rather as a place of rare, austere beauty, rich in plant and animal life, weaving a lasting spell over its human inhabitants.
Reprint of the Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1903 edition.
desert lands;desert ecology;desert people;california desert;mojave desert;american indians;american west;native americans;modern regional;el pueblo;pueblo de;paiute indians;finely etched;las uvas;owens valley;outstanding classic;eastern california;survival knowledge;basket maker;popular modern;indian friends;accurate descriptions;flora fauna;death valley;human inhabitants;de las;geographical locations;practical knowledge;sierra nevada;edward abbey;monkey wrench;astute observer;houghton-mifflin;interpretive;full-bosomed;teamed-up;paiutes;hydrology;checked-out;snuffs;kindliness;southwest;sierras;shoshone;ecology;scavengers;yosemite;prospector;arid;1903;valleys;lair;miners;deserts;1950;coyote;terrain;regions;eloquently;penguin;pocket;factual;ansel adams;boyd smith;henry david thoreau;california;america;nevada;united states;the american southwest;books on american indians;books on el pueblos;books on sierra nevadas;books on desert lands;books on mojave deserts;books on eastern california;books on desert people;books on indian friends;books on practical knowledges;books on native americans;books on basket makers;books on owens valleys;books on monkey wrenches;books on human inhabitants;books on death valleys;books on american wests;books on edward abbeys;books on paiute indians;books on desert ecologies;books on california deserts;books on flora fauna;books on outstanding classics;books on survival knowledges;books on accurate descriptions;books on geographical locations
