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010 a| 99006113;

020 a| 0292791283 (alk. paper);

020 a| 0292791291 (pbk. : paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) o40762502;

035 a| (OCoLC)40762502;

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050 00 a| F786b| .W73 1999;

082 00 a| 917.92| 21;

100 1 a| Wild, Peter,d| 1940-=| ^A323025;

245 14 a| The opal desert :b| explorations of fantasy and reality in the American Southwest /c| Peter Wild.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| Austin :b| University of Texas Press,c| 1999.;

300 a| 219 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-[211]) and index.;

505 0 a| Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cabeza de Vaca: flaming entrails, burning trees -- William L. Manly: the classic account of deserta horribilis -- J. Ross Browne & Samuel W. Cozzens: happy travelers through lost lands -- Charles F. Lummis: the showman with the shining right hand -- Mary Austin: beauty, madness, death, and God -- John C. Van Dyke & the desert aestheticians -- William T. Hornaday: the happy travelers, part 2 -- John Wesley Powell & William E. Smythe: God smiles on the irrigationists -- J. Smeaton Chase: our Araby -- Joseph Wood Krutch: the pronuba moth and the modern dilemma -- Edward Abbey: Ned Ludd arrives on the desert -- Ann Zwinger & Charles Bowden: pondering these things in her heart; Tacitus flips out -- Peter Reyner Banham: wheeled voyeur from overseas -- Epilogue: the mountain, a beetle, and the thief in the night -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;

650 0 a| Desertsz| Southwest, New.=| ^A114933;

650 0 a| Desert ecologyz| Southwest, New.=| ^A46108;

650 0 a| Natural historyz| Southwest, New.=| ^A80117;

651 0 a| Southwest, Newx| Description and travel.=| ^A45261;

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The opal desert : explorations of fantasy and reality in the American Southwest / Peter Wild.

Author/creator	Wild, Peter, 1940-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999.
Description	219 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Deserts--Southwest, New. Desert ecology--Southwest, New. Natural history--Southwest, New. Southwest, New--Description and travel.

Contents	Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cabeza de Vaca: flaming entrails, burning trees -- William L. Manly: the classic account of deserta horribilis -- J. Ross Browne & Samuel W. Cozzens: happy travelers through lost lands -- Charles F. Lummis: the showman with the shining right hand -- Mary Austin: beauty, madness, death, and God -- John C. Van Dyke & the desert aestheticians -- William T. Hornaday: the happy travelers, part 2 -- John Wesley Powell & William E. Smythe: God smiles on the irrigationists -- J. Smeaton Chase: our Araby -- Joseph Wood Krutch: the pronuba moth and the modern dilemma -- Edward Abbey: Ned Ludd arrives on the desert -- Ann Zwinger & Charles Bowden: pondering these things in her heart; Tacitus flips out -- Peter Reyner Banham: wheeled voyeur from overseas -- Epilogue: the mountain, a beetle, and the thief in the night -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-[211]) and index.
LCCN	99006113
ISBN	0292791283 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0292791291 (pbk. : paper)

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