1955
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4.22
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The what and why of desert country—It suits him fine—Strange forest—How they got that way—He was there before Coronado—The moth and the candle—The mouse that never drinks—Settlers, old and new—And every single one of them is right—First on the mountain top—Love in the desert—Conservation is not enough—The mystique of the desert.
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Author
Joseph Wood Krutch
Author · 10 books
Works of American critic, naturalist, and writer Joseph Wood Krutch include The Modern Temper (1929) and The Measure of Man (1954). He worked as a professor at Columbia University from 1937 to 1953. Moving to Arizona in 1952, he wrote books about natural issues of ecology, the southwestern desert environment, and the natural history of the Grand Canyon, winning renown as a naturalist and conservationist. Krutch is possibly best known for A Desert Year , which won the John Burroughs medal in 1954. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph\_...
