TY  - BOOK
AU  - Austin,Mary
TI  - The Land of Little Rain
AV  - F850.5 
PY  - 2003///
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
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N2  - "The Land of Little Rain" by Mary Austin is a collection of lyrical essays published in 1903. Set in California's Owens Valley and Mojave Desert, this work explores the arid landscape and its diverse inhabitants through interrelated stories. Austin weaves themes of environmental conservation and cultural regionalism while depicting desert dwellers—from scavengers and pocket hunters to Native American basket makers—and their intimate connections to an unforgiving yet captivating land. Through vivid portraits of both wilderness and humanity, she reveals the austere beauty and profound pull of America's Southwest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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ER  -