← Joseph Wood KrutchThe Desert Yearby Joseph Wood KrutchPersonal essays on natural history and seasonal change in the Arizona desertFind 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→Samuel JohnsonBiographical account of writer and wit Samuel Johnson's life and character→The Voice of the DesertEssays on the beauty and meaning found in desert landscape and ecology→
