Stories from the country of Lost borders / Mary Austin ; edited and with an introduction by Marjorie Pryse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934.

Contributor:

Pryse, Marjorie, 1948-

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

American women writers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--California--Fiction.

Indians of North America.

California--Description and travel.

California.

Natural history--California.

Natural history.

Western stories.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xl, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Lost borders.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [1987]

Summary:

"In The Land of Little Rain, Austin's attention to natural detail allows her to write prose that is geographically, biologically, and botanically accurate at the same time that it offers metaphorical insight into human emotional and spiritual experience. In Lost Borders, Austin focuses on both white and Indian women's experiences in the desert, looks for the sources of their deprivation, and finds them in the ways life betrays them, usually in the guise of men. She offers several portraits of strong women characters but ultimately identifies herself with the desert, which she personifies as a woman."

Contents:

The land of little rain

Lost borders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxix-xl).

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Contains:

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934. Land of little rain.

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934. Lost borders.

ISBN:

0813512174

9780813512174

0813512182

9780813512181

OCLC:

14413969