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The Desert Year (Sightline Books)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
ISBN-10
1587299011
ISBN-13
9781587299018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84477278
Product Key Features
Book Title
Desert Year
Number of Pages
278 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Personal Memoirs, Regional
Genre
Nature, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Sightline Bks.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-011719
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"In prose that holds something of the clear, dry light of the land he loves, [Krutch] shares with us his discoveries and his associations. They are richly worth sharing."--Paul Horgan, New York Times, "Krutch'sDesert Yearstands, with Edward Abbey'sDesert Solitaireand Mary Austin'sLand of Little Rain, as a classic, must-read work on the arid Southwest. Krutch, a drama critic and professor of English at Columbia, demonstrates that professional training in field biology is not required to write evocatively about the natural world. What is required, instead, is a well-trained eye, a sympathetic heart, and an inquisitive mind.The Desert Yearstands as a celebration of an austere landscape, a work of beauty and joy. I recommend this book equally to old desert hands, and to those who have not yet had the good fortune to wander among the cacti, heat blasted arroyos, and sheltering canyons of the Southwest."-Christopher Norment, author,Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows, "In prose that holds something of the clear, dry light of the land he loves, [Krutch] shares with us his discoveries and his associations. They are richly worth sharing."-Paul Horgan, New York Times, "Krutch's Desert Year stands, with Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire and Mary Austin's Land of Little Rain , as a classic, must-read work on the arid Southwest. Krutch, a drama critic and professor of English at Columbia, demonstrates that professional training in field biology is not required to write evocatively about the natural world. What is required, instead, is a well-trained eye, a sympathetic heart, and an inquisitive mind. The Desert Year stands as a celebration of an austere landscape, a work of beauty and joy. I recommend this book equally to old desert hands, and to those who have not yet had the good fortune to wander among the cacti, heat blasted arroyos, and sheltering canyons of the Southwest."--Christopher Norment, author, Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows, "Krutch's Thoreauvian observations of the southern Arizona desert force a renewed appreciation for all forms of desert life."- Arizona Highways, "Krutch's Desert Year stands, with Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire and Mary Austin's Land of Little Rain , as a classic, must-read work on the arid Southwest. Krutch, a drama critic and professor of English at Columbia, demonstrates that professional training in field biology is not required to write evocatively about the natural world. What is required, instead, is a well-trained eye, a sympathetic heart, and an inquisitive mind. The Desert Year stands as a celebration of an austere landscape, a work of beauty and joy. I recommend this book equally to old desert hands, and to those who have not yet had the good fortune to wander among the cacti, heat blasted arroyos, and sheltering canyons of the Southwest."-Christopher Norment, author, Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows, "Krutch's Thoreauvian observations of the southern Arizona desert force a renewed appreciation for all forms of desert life."-Arizona Highways, "Krutch's Thoreauvian observations of the southern Arizona desert force a renewed appreciation for all forms of desert life."-- Arizona Highways, "In prose that holds something of the clear, dry light of the land he loves, [Krutch] shares with us his discoveries and his associations. They are richly worth sharing."-Paul Horgan,New York Times
Dewey Decimal
508.79
Synopsis
Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch's Burroughs Award-winning The Desert Year is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although Krutch--often called the Cactus Walden--came to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout The Desert Year, whether he is marveling at the majesty of the endless dry sea, at flowers carpeting the desert floor, or at the unexpected appearance of an army of frogs after a heavy rain. Krutch's trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizona's Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the "lower" forms of life: "Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has 'become adapted' to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves." This edition contains 33 exacting drawings by noted illustrator Rudolf Freund. Closely tied to Krutch's uncluttered text, the drawings tell a story of ineffable beauty.
LC Classification Number
QH104.5.S6K7 2010
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