The Land of Little Rain-Quality Guarantee

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“Between the high Sierras south from Yosemite—east and south over a very great assemblageof broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert”is the territory that Mary Austin calls the Land of Little Rain. In this classiccollection of meditations on the wonders of this region, Austin generously shares“such news of the land, of its trails and what is astir in them, as one lover ofit can give to another.” Her vivid writings capture the landscape—from burnt hillsto sun-baked mesas—as well as the rich variety of plant and animal life, and thefew human beings who inhabit the land, including cattlemen, miners, and Paiute Indians.

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