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The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances by John Charles Van Dyke
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "What land can equal the desert with its wide plains, its grim mountains, and its expanding canopy of sky!" Van Dyke, a cultivated art historian, saw "sublimity" in the desert"s "lonely desolation," which previous generations had perceived only as a wasteland, and his book has a conservationist flavor which seems distinctly modern. "The deserts should never be
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02 - The Make of the Desert
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03 - The Bottom of the Bowl
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05 - Light, Air, and Color
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06 - Desert Sky and Clouds
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08 - Cactus and Greasewood
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11 - Mesas and Foot-Hills
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12 - Mountain - Barriers
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