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The Mystic Mid-Region: The Deserts of the Southwest
Arthur Jerome Burdick
The desert is a land of thirst where strange plants and stranger dwellers survive the region of death. Arthur Burdick crosses the Southwest's mystic country, meeting curious cacti, desert creatures, and the humans who endure the heat. Vivid, atmospheric, and full of hard beauty. A spirited tour of the arid mid-region of America. Enter the land of thirst and its remarkable survivors.
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21 chapters
- 1The Mystic Mid-Region The Deserts of the Southwest
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4THE MYSTIC MID-REGION CHAPTER I THE DESERT
- 5CHAPTER II THE LAND OF THIRST
- 6CHAPTER III CURIOUS PLANTS WHICH LIVE IN THE DESERT
- 7CHAPTER IV STRANGE DWELLERS OF THE DESERT
- 8CHAPTER V HUMANITY IN THE DESERT
- 9CHAPTER VI A FUNERAL IN THE REGION OF DEATH
- 10CHAPTER VII DESERT BASKET-MAKERS
- 11CHAPTER VIII SHIPS OF THE DESERT
- 12CHAPTER IX THE STORY OF A STREAK OF YELLOW
- 13CHAPTER X DESERT BORAX MINES
- 14CHAPTER XI OTHER MINERALS FOUND IN THE DESERT
- 15CHAPTER XII A REMARKABLE HARVEST-FIELD
- 16CHAPTER XIII DEATH VALLEY
- 17CHAPTER XIV THE MOUTH OF HADES
- 18CHAPTER XV DESERT MISCELLANY—UNUSUAL AND PECULIAR FEATURES
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