TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,Mayne
TI  - The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness
AV  - PZ 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Family -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Natural history -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Rocky Mountains -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Wilderness survival -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - West (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Deserts -- Juvenile fiction
N1  - Release date is 2008-01-13; Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book chronicles the journey of a group of settlers traversing the Great American Desert, illustrating their challenges and encounters in the untamed wilderness. Key themes involve survival, the beauty of nature, and humanity's interaction with the environment.   The opening of the narrative introduces the vast and diverse landscape of the Great American Desert, comparing it to the Sahara and detailing its geographical features, such as mountains, rivers, and various vegetation. A party of "prairie merchants" sets off from Saint Louis, determined to explore the wilderness, but they face a treacherous journey with extreme thirst and fatigue. Eventually, they are filled with hope upon spotting a snow-capped mountain, signifying the potential for fresh water, leading them to a riverside oasis where they encounter a hospitable family and embark on further adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24268
ER  -