The Land of Little Rain

Name: The Land of Little Rain
Author: Mary Austin

by Mary Austin

Essays celebrating the landscape and indigenous cultures of the American desert

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Mary Austin

Mary Austin was a pioneering American nature writer and novelist whose The Land of Little Rain celebrated the Mojave Desert and whose The Flock and American Rhythm articulated a vision of indigenous-influenced American culture.

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