The Land of Little Rain
- ISBN-10
- 1975822900
- ISBN-13
- 9781975822903
- Series
- The Land of Little Rain
- Pages
- 98
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-08-27
- Author
- Mary Austin
Description
Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 - August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people - as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality - of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.
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