Mary Austin

The Basket Woman (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1904. According to Wikipedia: "Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 - August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people - as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality - of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Seltzer Books
• Seitenzahl: 189
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781455431960
• Artikelnr.: 54112172

Autorenporträt

Mary Austin (nee Hunter) was born in Carlinville, Illinois in 1868 and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1934. After graduation from Blackburn College, she moved with her family to California. She later spent time in New York and eventually settled in Santa Fe. A prolific writer, she wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays and poetry. Austin became an early advocate for environmental issues as well as the rights of women and other minority groups. She was particularly interested in the preservation of American Indian culture. Her books include "The Land of Little Rain," "Earth Horizon," "The Land of Journeys' Ending," and "The American Rhythm," all available in new editions from Sunstone Press.