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The land of little rain / by Mary Austin ; illustrated by E. Boyd Smith.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7936
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Austin, Mary, 1868-1934, author.
Contributor:
Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943, illustrator.
McKenna, Malcolm C., writer of foreword.
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Natural history library ; N15.
The Natural history library, N15
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
California--Social life and customs.
California.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Manners and customs.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7936)
Physical Description:
171 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Place of Publication:
Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, [1962]
Contents:
The land of little rain.
Water trails of the Ceriso.
The scavengers.
The pocket hunter.
Shoshone land.
Jimville, a Bret Harte town.
My neighbor's field.
The mesa trail.
The basket maker.
The streets of the mountains.
Water borders.
Other water borders.
Nurslings of the sky.
The little town of the grape vines.
Notes:
A Doubleday anchor book.
"Published in co-operation with the American Museum of Natural History"--title page.
Local Notes:
Schimmel 7936: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
OCLC:
5217514

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