The Trail Book - Austin, Mary
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Mary Austin was an early ecologist, feminist, and desert dweller. Her family moved to California in 1888 and established a homestead in the San Joaquin Valley. Her first play, The Arrowmaker, about Indian life, was produced at the New Theatre, (New York) in 1911. First published in 1918, The Trail Book is now considered a classic of American nature writing. Set in a New York museum, the exhibits come to life for two children. They enter the exhibits and have many adventures. The children discover the ways of the ancient Native Americans and the natural worlds they inhabited, as well as the…mehr

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Mary Austin was an early ecologist, feminist, and desert dweller. Her family moved to California in 1888 and established a homestead in the San Joaquin Valley. Her first play, The Arrowmaker, about Indian life, was produced at the New Theatre, (New York) in 1911. First published in 1918, The Trail Book is now considered a classic of American nature writing. Set in a New York museum, the exhibits come to life for two children. They enter the exhibits and have many adventures. The children discover the ways of the ancient Native Americans and the natural worlds they inhabited, as well as the impact on both Indians and wildlife from contact with European explorers
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Mary Austin (nee Hunter) was born in Carlinville, Illinois in 1868 and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1934. After graduation from Blackburn College, she moved with her family to California. She later spent time in New York and eventually settled in Santa Fe. A prolific writer, she wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays and poetry. Her books include "The Land of Little Rain," "The Land of Journeys' Ending," and "The American Rhythm: Studies and Reexpressions of Amerindian Songs," all available in new editions from Sunstone Press. Austin became an early advocate for environmental issues as well as the rights of women and other minority groups. She was particularly interested in the preservation of American Indian culture.