No Place for a Puritan: the Literature of the California Deserts

Berkeley, Calif: Heyday Books ; Santa Clara, Calif.: Santa Clara University ; Riverside, Calif.: Inlandia Institute, 2009. First Edition, First Printing (full number line). xv, 345 pages: map; 23 cm.. Includes index./ Includes bibliographical references and index. Fine; as new with wee bit of wear to exterior. Unread. Paperback. ISBN: 9781597140980

Paperback original. A California Legacy Book [Series].

Contents: Introduction - Acknowledgments - Map. Dangers of the Desert: Mary Austin / from The Land of Little Rain -- William Justema / No Place for a Puritan -- Edwin Corle / from Desert Country -- Sylvia Plath / Sleep in the Mojave Desert -- Edward Abbey / from "Death Valley" -- Craig Childs / from The Desert Cries -- Ruth Nolan / Mirage -- Hannah Nyala / from Point Last Seen -- Mary Sojourner / bitch bitch bitch.

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