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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934. Land of little rain. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1988 (OCoLC)680585154 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Austin |
ISBN: | 014017009X 9780140170092 |
OCLC Number: | 16005489 |
Notes: | Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1903. |
Description: | xiii, 107 pages ; 20 cm. |
Series Title: | Penguin nature library. |
Responsibility: | Mary Austin ; introduction by Edward Abbey. |
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Abstract:
Austin's famous poetic study of the lands between Death Valley and the High Sierras features fourteen sketches describing plants, animals, mountains, birds, skies, Indians, prospectors, towns, and other aspects, portraying the desert as a place of rare, austere beauty that weaves a lasting spell over its inhabitants.

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- California -- Description and travel.
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by Susan.Eubank updated 2011-06-02