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Mary Hunter Austin
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R1,042
Discovery Miles 10 420
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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The Land of Little Rain (1903) is a collection of essays and short
stories by Mary Hunter Austin. Originally published with
photographs taken by acclaimed American photographer Ansel Adams,
The Land of Little Rain is a classic work of nature writing. Austin
is now recognized as an early feminist and conservationist who
understood the intricacy and fragility of ecosystems as well as the
extent to which human civilization threatens their continued
existence. In a series of stories and essays on the animals,
landscapes, and peoples that make up the American Southwest, Mary
Hunter Austin proves that the foremost responsibility of a writer
is to look. With an attentive and deeply respectful eye, Austin
describes the heat and violence of desert weather, the tracks made
by disparate animal species as they travel in search of water, and
the scavengers that depend on death for life. Within this
collection are brief stories about the people and communities
scattered throughout the harsh Mojave desert: a miner who longs for
wealth and civilization but returns to the wild and unpredictable
life of speculation; a Shoshone medicine man captured by the Paiute
tribe who misses his people and home; a town where people live
simply, depending on nothing but the land and its bounty for their
daily existence and abundant happiness. The Land of Little Rain is
both informative and moving, an intricate tapestry that celebrates
the diversity of life while making an incontrovertible case for its
continued preservation. Mary Hunter Austin was a gifted writer and
an environmentalist ahead of her time. In a world faced with the
catastrophic effects of a global climate crisis, we need writers
such as Austin for not only the wisdom and knowledge they offer,
but the monumental change their words can inspire. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Mary Hunter Austin's The Land of Little Rain is a
classic of American literature and nature writing reimagined for
modern readers.
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Isidro (Paperback)
Mary Hunter Austin
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R773
Discovery Miles 7 730
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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