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The Pocket Hunter
| Content Provider | Librivox |
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| Author | Austin, Mary Hunter |
| Abstract | The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into the Mojave Desert. Mary Austin finds beauty in the harsh landscape: "This is the sense of the desert hills--that there is room enough and time enough. . . The treeless spaces uncramp the soul." Her story begins with the water trails that lead toward the few life giving springs--the way marked for men by ancient Indian pictographs. Life and death play out at these springs. Rabbits fall prey to the coyote; buzzards hang heavily in the sky above. She then writes of individuals who eke out their living in this land of scarce resources--an itinerant gold prospector, a sheepherder, a blind Indian basket maker. Austin's spare prose creates unforgettable vignettes: "Choose a hill country for storms. . . I remember one night of thunderous rain made unendurably mournful by the houseless cry of a cougar whose lair, and perhaps his family, had been buried under a slide of broken boulders . . ." Anyone who sees beauty in the Southwestern deserts, or who just enjoys good nature writing, will savor The Land of Little Rain. ( Summary by Sue Anderson ) |
| Related Links | http://www.archive.org/details/landoflittlerain00aust http://www.archive.org/details/landlittlerain_1110_librivox |
| File Format | MP2 / MPA / MP3 |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | The Land of Little Rain |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | travel & geography nonfiction |
| Alternative Title | The Land of Little Rain - The Pocket Hunter |
| Content Type | Audio |
| Resource Type | Audiobook |
