The Desert
by John C. Van Dyke
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About this eBook
- Author
- Van Dyke, John C., 1856-1932
- Title
- The desert : Further studies in natural appearances
- Original Publication
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.
- Credits
- Joeri de Ruiter and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F786: United States local history: New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
- Subject
- Sonoran Desert -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 73778
- Release Date
- June 5, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE DESERT
- 2.Untitled
- 3.PREFACE-DEDICATION To A. M. C.
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.CHAPTER I THE APPROACH — Footnotes
- 6.CHAPTER II THE MAKE OF THE DESERT — Footnotes
- 7.CHAPTER III THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL
- 8.CHAPTER IV THE SILENT RIVER — Footnotes
- 9.CHAPTER V LIGHT, AIR, AND COLOR
- 10.CHAPTER VI DESERT SKY AND CLOUDS
- 11.CHAPTER VII ILLUSIONS — Footnotes
- 12.CHAPTER VIII CACTUS AND GREASE WOOD — Footnotes
- 13.CHAPTER IX DESERT ANIMALS
- 14.CHAPTER X WINGED LIFE
- 15.CHAPTER XI MESAS AND FOOT-HILLS — Footnotes
- 16.CHAPTER XII MOUNTAIN-BARRIERS — Transcriber’s Notes
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