{"product_id":"2940170425235","title":"The Land of Little Rain","description":"The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into the Mojave Desert. Mary Austin finds beauty in the harsh landscape: \"This is the sense of the desert hills--that there is room enough and time enough. . . The treeless spaces uncramp the soul.\" Her story begins with the water trails that lead toward the few life giving springs--the way marked for men by ancient Indian pictographs. Life and death play out at these springs. Rabbits fall prey to the coyote; buzzards hang heavily in the sky above. She then writes of individuals who eke out their living in this land of scarce resources--an itinerant gold prospector, a sheepherder, a blind Indian basket maker. Austin's spare prose creates unforgettable vignettes: \"Choose a hill country for storms. . . I remember one night of thunderous rain made unendurably mournful by the houseless cry of a cougar whose lair, and perhaps his family, had been buried under a slide of broken boulders . . .\" Anyone who sees beauty in the Southwestern deserts, or who just enjoys good nature writing, will savor The Land of Little Rain. ( Summary by Sue Anderson )","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115319902448,"sku":"2940170425235","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170425235_p0.jpg?v=1772802087","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170425235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}