Desert Further Studies in Natural Appearances
- List Price: $26.00
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Publish date: 10/01/1999
With an introduction by Peter Wild, this annotated edition offers new insights -- and reveals some surprising truths -- about this legendary author and his best known work. Van Dyke was not, it seems, the "plaster saint of the desert." He was not entirely honest with his readers about the journeys that inspired the book, and his natural history includes serious errors. But in this more informed reading, Wild notes, Van Dyke "emerges as all the more fascinating a writer and his famous book becomes far more intriguing than most readers have imagined through the decades." As the centennial of its publication approaches and the complex story behind its long success is finally told, this new edition of The Desert reveals an equally complex and dramatic story: our changing relationship with the American landscape.
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