
The New Desert Reader
The New Desert Reader brings together a historical cross section of writing about the American Southwest in selections that demonstrate how thinking about American deserts has changed from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the centuries-old legends of the Tohono O’Odham Indians, it moves through the foresighted observations of John Wesley Powell, one-armed explorer of the Grand...
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: University of Utah Press; 1 edition (May 5, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0874808715
ISBN-13: 978-0874808711
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 649897
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“You can see the desert through the somewhat more genteel environmentalism of Joseph Wood Krutch, the early crusading of Aldo Leopold, or the anarcho-environmentalism of Ed Abbey.Desert treks? The eight-year struggle for survival of Cabeza de Vaca, th...”
Canyon; continues with the delicate appreciations of Mary Austin and Joseph Wood Krutch; includes examples of the keen activist writings of Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey; and finishes with such contemporary desert writers as Tony Hillerman and others.A slow change in outlook dominates the book, as attitudes shift from viewing the desert as a place to be despised or exploited to an appreciation of it as a special place, an arena of highly complex natural communities, and a wild refuge for the human body and soul. Comprehensive and brightly informative, The New Desert Reader will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history, literature, and beauty of North America’s treasured desert places.
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