02577nam 2200577Ia 450 991045808000332120200520144314.01-58729-947-X(CKB)2560000000054931(EBL)843279(OCoLC)699521059(SSID)ssj0000468368(PQKBManifestationID)11305730(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468368(PQKBWorkID)10497446(PQKB)10266719(MiAaPQ)EBC843279(MdBmJHUP)muse3024(Au-PeEL)EBL843279(CaPaEBR)ebr10438144(EXLCZ)99256000000005493120100402e20101952 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe desert year[electronic resource] /Joseph Wood Krutch ; decorations by Rudolf Freund1st University of Iowa Press ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Press20101 online resource (280 p.)Sightline booksOriginally published: New York : W. Sloane Associates, c1952.1-58729-901-1 Contents; Why I Came; What It Looks Like; How to See It; How Some Others Live There; Desert Rain; What the Desert Is Good For; The Contemplative Toad; From a Mountaintop; The Individual and the Species; In Search of an Autumn; Tour of Inspection; The Metaphor of the Grasslands; Spring; A Bird in the Bush; Undiscovered Country; Postscript 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 environmSightline books.Natural historySouthwest, NewDesert ecologySouthwest, NewElectronic books.Natural historyDesert ecology508.79Krutch Joseph Wood1893-1970.131967MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458080003321The desert year2048250UNINA