The Desert Year

Ranked #87 in Cacti

Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch's Burroughs Award winning "The Desert Year" is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although KrutchOCooften called the Cactus WaldenOCocame to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout "The Desert Year, " 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.

KrutchOCOs trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of ArizonaOCOs...
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