Desert Passages: Encounters With the American DesertsTraces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from many writers over the years. |
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| Title | Desert Passages: Encounters With the American Deserts |
| Author | Patricia Nelson Limerick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University Press of Colorado, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0870811754, 9780870811753 |
| Length | 218 pages |
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