The Land of Little Rain - Softcover

Austin, Mary Hunter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515106586 ISBN 13: 9781515106586

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

I confess to a great liking for the Indian fashion of name-giving: every man known by that phrase which best expresses him to whoso names him. Thus he may be Mighty-Hunter, or Man-Afraid-of-a-Bear, according as he is called by friend or enemy, and Scar-Face to those who knew him by the eye's grasp only. No other fashion, I think, sets so well with the various natures that inhabit in us, and if you agree with me you will understand why so few names are written here as they appear in the geography. For if I love a lake known by the name of the man who discovered it, which endears itself by reason of the close-locked pines it nourishes about its borders, you may look in my account to find it so described. But if the Indians have been there before me, you shall have their name, which is always beautifully fit and does not originate in the poor human desire for perpetuity.

About this title

Review:

"Mary Austin was a poet, a pioneer, and a patriot." --Terry Tempest Williams

About the Author:

Austin came to California in 1887 to homestead with her family in Kern County, in the Great Central Valley. She is the author of many novels, essays, and story collections.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1515106586
• ISBN 13: 9781515106586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60