Mary Austin
Mary Austin
Mary Hunter Austinwas an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Raindescribes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 September 1868
CityCarlinville, IL
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