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Barren, wild, and worthless : living in the Chihuahuan Desert / Susan J. Tweit.

Title: Barren, wild, and worthless : living in the Chihuahuan Desert / Susan J. Tweit.
Author: Tweit, Susan J.
Publication: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1995.

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Description

xi, 203 p. : map; 21 cm.

Summary

These seven elegant personal essays explore the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. With eloquence, passion, and insight, the author describes and reflects on the relationship between the land, history, and people of this little-known, under appreciated desert region.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203).

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Coming to the Chihuahuan Desert -- Spadefoot toads and storm sewers -- The disappeared ones -- Weeds -- Sanctuary -- Terminus -- Going south -- Further reading.

ISBN

0826316514

LCCN

^^^95004353^

OCLC

32051693
SCSB-12047541

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