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Title

The Mysterious Lands: A Naturalist Explores the Four Great Deserts of the Southwest

Publisher

E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0525245464

ISBN 13

9780525245469

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

Zwinger, Ann Haymond

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Ex-Library

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Natural History

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Synopsis

Naturalist Ann Zwinger captures the magic and challenges of life in the Southwest desert--from the Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan desert regions. 2 cassettes.

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Author of the prize-winning Run River Run , Zwinger has few peers in the field of nature writing, and this volume may be her finest to date. Not many will have the opportunity to explore in depth the great desert regions of the U.S.; here, Zwinger offers a compelling, vicarious experience. In the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and New Mexico we find a "light-absorbing, heat-inhaling landscape that translates heat into wavering light and light into shimmering heat." Dominant plant in the Sonoran Desert (Arizona) is the saguaro cactus; Zwinger spent six days alone in a wildlife refuge here counting bighorn sheep in June temperatures of 110-112. She discusses the physiology of water loss and intake, the adaptations needed for survival in the desert. From a plane, notes Zwinger, the Mojave Desert shows exquisite but intimidating landforms. She points out changes in plant life and explains the different systems of photosynthesis that enable desert flora to survive. The Great Basin desert, stretching from Nevada to Oregon, is mostly above 4000 ft.; it is a cold steppe desert with jackrabbits and horned larks, sagebrush and greasewood. Zwinger gives us a masterly interpretation of these mysterious lands.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

In this book, the author, an award-winning naturalist, describes the flora and fauna of the Chihauhuan, Sonoran, Mohave, and Great Basin deserts of the American Southwest. From how desert snails retain moisture to the movements of sand dunes, she captures the spirit of the land. Her illustrations were not available at review time, but judging from her previous works, A Desert Country Near the Sea: A Natural History of Cape Region of Baja California ( LJ 9/1/83), Wind in The Rock ( LJ 10/1/78), and Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West (Univ. of Arizona Pr., 1984), they will be accurate and appealing. Excellent nature writing for a general audience.
- Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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