About this title: In the early 20th century, naturalist Mary Austin published this tribute to the land between Death Valley and the High Sierras. Edward Abbey has written an appreciation of her work as an early environmentalist.
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780486290379ISBN:0486290379
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 96 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. Beautiful condition. Sticker scar on front cover, otherwise totally clean, unmarked, and very lightly worn. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140170092ISBN:014017009X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. minor shelfwear on covers. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 124 p. Penguin Nature Library. Audience: General/trade. The book is a "lyrical tribute" to the desert and foothill lands between Death Valley and the High Sierras-first published in 1903. An excellent look at the high desert of over 100 years ago, before much if any development beyond mining arrived in this vast area of the American West. Edward Abbey's 7 page introduction may well be worth the ... read more
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13:9780826303585ISBN:0826303587
Description: Very Good. 0826303587 University of NM trade paperback, 1974 printing, immaculate/unmarked, spine tight/square/uncreased, only slight cover wear...Near Fine. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1974
Description: Very Good. B000NPPLLO VeryGood, Clean text, tight, square, light fading to spine, some light creases to cover, Clean, Carefully Packagaged (Edition: )...All books are packaged with care to protect the corners. Ships same or next bussness day. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"I really enjoyed every word of Austin's. It's a short book, and I was slow-moving to get through it. But I don't regret that. I feel like part of her eyeopening awareness of the natural world speaks to being slow-moving. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm a desert tortoise."
"I read this in an English class I'm taking. I gave this book two stars because it is beautifully written and explores a terrain (the California desert) that is utterly foreign to me and that I knew nothing about. It is, however, long-winded and boring, and a mere 110 pages took me over a week to get through. Still, if you like nature writing, it's got merit."
"This tribute to the desert lands of southern California was written by a woman who moved there from the midwest in the late 1800s. Austin paid close attention to the land (and its human and animal inhabitants) and wrote about it in detailed, exquisite prose."
"I should say that I mostly read this. Towards the end I gave up and started skipping through essays after the first few paragraphs. I thought I would like this a lot more - nature writing and the Eastern Sierra. Two of my favorite things. I guess I found her writing uncompelling, to say the least. Perhaps a bit too Victorian."
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