TY  - BOOK
AU  - Austin,Mary
TI  - The Land of Little Rain
AV  - F850.5 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - California -- Social life and customs
KW  - Natural history -- California
KW  - California -- Description and travel
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life -- California
KW  - California -- History, Local
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_of_Little_Rain; Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook:
 #10217  (Text file)
 #365    (HTML file with linked table of contents)
 #51893  (HTML file Illustrated in B&W with a Linked table of contents); Release date is 2008-07-09; The land of little rain -- Water trails of the Carrizo -- The scavengers -- The pocket hunter -- Shoshone land -- Jimville, a Bret Harte town. -- My neighbor's field -- The Mesa trail -- The basket maker -- The streets of the mountains -- Water borders -- Other water borders -- Nurslings of the sky -- The little town of the grape vines; Produced by Judith Boss, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Land of Little Rain" by Mary Austin is a collection of essays published in 1903. Through lyrical prose, Austin explores the harsh beauty of California's Owens Valley and Mojave Desert, capturing its sparse rainfall, resilient wildlife, and human inhabitants. The interconnected essays weave together portraits of scavenger birds, solitary miners, Native American basket makers, and desert trails, revealing an arid landscape that demands much from those who dwell there but offers something profound in return. Austin's observations blend natural history with environmental awareness and deep respect for the Southwest's enduring character. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/365
ER  -