TY  - BOOK
AU  - Austin,Mary
TI  - The Land of Little Rain
AV  - F850.5 
PY  - 2016///
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 Hunter Austin is a collection of lyrical essays published in 1903. Set in California's Owens Valley and Mojave Desert, it explores the arid landscape and its diverse inhabitants—from scavenging birds and pocket hunters to Native American basket makers. Through interconnected sketches, Austin celebrates the harsh beauty of the American Southwest while weaving themes of environmental conservation and regional identity. Her intimate portraits reveal both the desert's unforgiving nature and its inexplicable pull on those who call it home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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