Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934)
Author of The Land of Little Rain
About the Author
Works by Mary Hunter Austin
The man Jesus; being a brief account of the life and teaching of the Prophet of Nazareth (2009) 3 copies
Starry adventure 3 copies
Outland 3 copies
Feminism 1 copy
The Lands of the Sun 1 copy
Papago Wedding 1 copy
The Readjustment 1 copy
Austin, Mary Hunter Archive 1 copy
Associated Works
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contributor — 439 copies
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Contributor — 149 copies
What Did Miss Darrington See? : An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 117 copies
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 (2020) — Contributor — 83 copies
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributor — 83 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 10 copies
A Modern Galaxy: Short Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
American Indian Love Lyrics and Other Verse from the Songs of the North American Indians — Foreword, some editions — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Austin, Mary Hunter
- Other names
- Austin, Mary
Hunter, Mary - Birthdate
- 1868-09-09
- Date of death
- 1934-08-13
- Burial location
- Cremated. Ashes Placed in Crypt on Mount Pichaco
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Carlinville, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Places of residence
- Independence, California, USA
San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Carmel, California, USA
New Mexico, USA - Education
- Blackburn College
- Occupations
- novelist
critic
poet
playwright
memoirist
teacher (show all 7)
autobiographer - Relationships
- Austin, Stafford Wallace (husband)
- Short biography
- Austin, Stafford Wallace (husband)
Members
Reviews
Land of Little Rain by MaryAustin
First Edition
Reading for calm relaxing moments, a beautiful and poetic set of reflections on life in the eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley more than a hundred years ago.
What a wonderfully selection of short stories by a regional writer who was many things, a recorder of regional culture, as well as an ecologist and a feminists. This is also a scholarly work and the editor of this collection of stories provides the historical as well as social background to each story. This book id like fine wine; to be taken in small sips and and enjoyed at a leisurely pace.
Enjoyable read on the natural and cultural history or desert California. Writing style is definitely indicative of the time, and a bit stilted in parts. But easily overlooked for me due to the fascinating subject matter.
Lists
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 53
- Also by
- 25
- Members
- 1,008
- Popularity
- #25,583
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 21
- ISBNs
- 140
- Languages
- 2