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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Austin |
| ISBN: | 0140249192 9780140249194 |
| OCLC Number: | 36346839 |
| Notes: | Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1903. |
| Description: | xv, 107 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | The land of little rain -- Water trails of the Ceriso -- The scavengers -- The pocket hunter -- Shoshone land -- Jimville, a Bret Harte town -- My neighbor's field -- The mesa trial -- The basket maker -- The streets of the mountains -- Water borders -- Other water borders -- Nurslings of the sky -- The little town of the grape vines. |
| Series Title: | Penguin nature classics. |
| Responsibility: | Mary Austin ; introduction by Terry Tempest Williams. |
Abstract:
A stunning tribute to the savage beauty of the area known as Death Valley. To most travelers it is a parched, empty territory, unwelcoming and forgiving. In a collection of essays that date back almost a century, naturalist and writer Mary Austin (1868-1934) breathes life into the desert landscape, describing its savage beauty, its plants and animals, and the occasional human visitor.
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