← Joseph Wood KrutchSamuel Johnsonby Joseph Wood KrutchBiographical account of writer and wit Samuel Johnson's life and characterFind on Amazon↗About the authorJoseph Wood KrutchJoseph Wood Krutch was an American essayist and drama critic who wrote The Modern Temper, a celebrated pessimistic analysis of modern civilization. His nature writing about the Southwest is equally valued.More by Joseph Wood KrutchThe Modern TemperEssay collection examining intellectual and spiritual crisis of the modern age→Five Masters→The Desert YearPersonal essays on natural history and seasonal change in the Arizona desert→The Voice of the DesertEssays on the beauty and meaning found in desert landscape and ecology→
