[PDF] The Land Of Journeys Ending eBook

Author : Mary Hunter Austin
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0865345716

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Austin writes about the high plateau country lying between the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, the traditional homeland of many Indian peoples--the Pueblo, the Zuni, the Hopi, and the Navajo.

Author : Mary Austin
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494112325

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This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

Author : Mary Austin
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
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When The Land of Journeys' Ending was first published in 1924, The Literary Review warned, "This book is treacherous, waiting to overwhelm you with its abundant poetry." In it, successful New York author Mary Austin describes the epic journey she undertook in 1923, when she left her East Coast home at the age of fifty-five to travel through the southwestern United States.Part memoir, part travel narrative, part historical investigation, and part ecological study, The Land of Journeys' Ending is a moving account of a woman coming full circle, finding solace in the broad landscape of her youth.In telling her own story, Austin also tells the story of those who journeyed there before her-Native American tribes, Spanish conquistadores, miners, adventurers, and California-bound migrants. The result is both an homage to the magnificence of the desert, mountains, rivers, canyons, plants, and animals of the Southwest and a history of the waves of people who inhabited the region. "Austin writes with a singular force and charm and with an intensity of conviction of their worth that is truly stimulating." - The New York Times"A memorable, life-increasing book."- International Book Review

Author : Mary Austin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781632935700

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One of the joys of going on a trip is coming home to share with others your adventures and experiences. Mary Austin felt that way, so when she took an extended trip through an area of the American Southwest, she recorded her impressions in The Land of Journeys' Ending. This is no ordinary travel book and she was no ordinary tourist. Her book goes beyond the descriptions of flora and fauna of the land between the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. It also covers the history, culture and customs of the area. Austin includes not only figures from the past but people she met on the trip. While the book is now decades old, it is timeless and still valid. Humorously, in the author's preface to "The Land of Journeys' Ending" Austin said, "If you find holes in my book that you could drive a car through, do not be too sure they were not left there for that express purpose." Her statement rings true today as much as it did back in 1924.

Author : Noreen Groover Lape
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0821413457

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Their writings negotiate their various frontier ordeals: the encroachment of pioneers on the land; reservation life; assimilation; Christianity; battles over territories and resources; exclusion; miscegenation laws; and the devastation of the environment.".