{"product_id":"the-desert-year-joseph-wood-krutch-9781587299018","title":"The Desert Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch's Burroughs Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Desert Year\u003c\/i\u003e is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although Krutch--often called the Cactus Walden--came to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout \u003ci\u003eThe Desert Year, \u003c\/i\u003e whether he is marveling at the majesty of the endless dry sea, at flowers carpeting the desert floor, or at the unexpected appearance of an army of frogs after a heavy rain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrutch's trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizona's Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the \"lower\" forms of life: \"Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has 'become adapted' to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains 33 exacting drawings by noted illustrator Rudolf Freund. Closely tied to Krutch's uncluttered text, the drawings tell a story of ineffable beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Wood Krutch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587299011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587299018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 263","brand":"Joseph Wood Krutch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447929352447,"sku":"9781587299018","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18e9fbc4-c7f9-4c8a-9342-5a20d6c823a1.jpg?v=1777235771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-desert-year-joseph-wood-krutch-9781587299018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}