{"product_id":"lost-borders-mary-hunter-austin-9781789875645","title":"Lost Borders: Rural Life in the American West of Long Ago","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis outstanding chronicle of desert communities in the remote parts of the American West is vibrant for its sensitive and spirited descriptions of lifestyles and customs now lost to time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Mary Hunter Austin's distinctive style, we find within a number of vignettes describing rural life in a variety of California desert counties. The harsh, arid lands form a stark backdrop to the people who lead life there. This was a time before electricity and running water, before highways and the numerous luxuries of modern living. The people who lived out in the wilderness were tough in body and spirit, yet - as Austin demonstrates - many preserved both tender humanity and their spiritual side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustin was born and educated in Illinois, but decided to move with her family to California as a young graduate. There she embarked on a study of the Mojave Desert; her vibrant writings and observations of people in the local communities - be they white settlers or Native Americans - met with praise and renown. She spent decades traversing the American West, her writing sitting at the crossroads of social history, storytelling and catalogues of nature. She remains popular as a chronicler and beacon for times, places and lives now departed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Hunter Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789875641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789875645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantianos Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Mary Hunter Austin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44170021110015,"sku":"9781789875645","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6c64108-ebba-487e-9b0d-2d153fa0006c.jpg?v=1689656347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-borders-mary-hunter-austin-9781789875645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}