Desert Time
A Journey Through the American Southwest
by Diana Kappel-Smith
ISBN: 0316482986
ISBN-13: 9780316482981
Format: Hardcover
|
Customer Reviews
Review this book!
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Published date: 1992
Size: 9.75 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The author of Wintering and Night Life recounts her journey across nine different American deserts, discussing botany, plate tectonics, and the meaning of her own odyssey.
Other Editions
Similar books
Deserts
by James MacMahon
Beautifully illustrated with full-color photos, this is a comprehensive field guide to the wildflowers, birds, reptiles, insects, and other natural wonders of North America's deserts, from Oregon to Mexico.
Nature's Masterpieces
by Michael Bright
Two in the Far North
by Margaret E. Murie
Considered by many to be the "Grande Dame of the American Conservation Movement", Murie recounts how she grew to understand, respect and love the Alaskan frontier during the early 20th century. From plagues of mosquitoes to the movement of caribou, Murie explores the many aspects of nature in Alaska. 32 illustrations. Map.
An Ornery Bunch
by Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration
Some of Montana's first pioneers recorded these outrageous and often hilarious tales covering everything from a poker-playing magpie to the accepted cure for a greedy hunter. Between 1935 and 1942, the field workers for the Montana Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), conducted oral history interviews and researched folklore for a Montana folklore publication. The United States entered into World War II, and the WPA dissolved before Montana's efforts on folklore could be published. Now, finally putting the best of the Montana WPA folklore collection in print, An Ornery Bunch presents tales and anecdotes compiled from the immense archives of the Montana's Writers' Project. Enjoy pioneer yarns from section headings such as Curious Animals; Tall Tales; Tales of True Westerners; Under the Influence: Prospector's Play; Mother Nature's Winter Wrath; Unnatural Tales; Pokes, Punchers, Herders, the Range, and Their Critters; Fun with Tenderfoots; and Practices and Remedies. Read about beer rustling in Butte, horses so fast they can outran a storm, winters so cold they'll freeze your shadow to the ground, and the touching first meeting of Brother Van and Kid Curry. Every Westerner with a sense of humor and heritage and folklorists everywhere must add this book to their collection. A U.S. Government agency born out of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal administration, the WPA was created in an effort to provide gainful employment to many workers who lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The WPA sponsored many labor-intensive projects such as the construction of Montana's Fort Peck Dam -- jobs that put blue-collar laborers to work. The Federal Writers'Project division of the WPA was conceptualized to offer opportunities to use the skills of white-collar workers who had some writing ability, as well as the polished skills of professional writers.
Faith in a Seed
by Henry David Thoreau
This major literary event contains a hitherto unpublished work--The Dispersion of Seeds--one of Thoreau's last important research and writing projects, and places him among the first American scientists to understand the significance of Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
|
|
Ready to buy this book?
Below are all of the copies of 0316482986 we currently have available for purchase, sorted by lowest price first. If you would like to refine your search, use the advanced options in the search box above.
|
|
1)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1992. Clean and tight ex-library book. Modest shelfwear, primarily along edges; stamp on edges of page deck; card pocket & stamp inside front cover/on ffep. Dust Jacket in protective mylar taped inside covers; has shelving label & bar code label on mylar.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by ShelfMasters.com, Inc. (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
3)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Diana Kappel-Smith
Little Brown & Co (T). Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
5)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Hard cover. Little Brown and Company (1992) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Ex-library. Minimal library markings. Binding strong & tight, pages bright, clean. Text unmarked. Protected by mylar. We ship 6 days a week. International orders ship air letter post or global priority where available.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Pictish Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
6)
|
Desert Time: A Journey through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992 xvi, 262 pp., illus., maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. One corner bumped, tiny dampstain/upper right corner of a few pages at the back. Dust jacket with light shelfwear.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
7)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Little Brown & Co, 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Like New Hardcover in Very Good DJ. 1992. Remainder mark on bottom, otherwise Pages and covers are bright, crisp and unblemished. DJ shows minor shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day. ( more information) Offered by Redux Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
10)
|
Desert Time; A Journey Through The American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston:: Little Brown & Co.,, 1992. First Edition. HC. A lightly used near fine copy with clean text and tight binding in a very good dustjacket (some closed edge tears). ( more information) Offered by Books Again, Inc. (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
12)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. Quarter bound in pink cloth. Decorative endpapers. xvi; 262 pp. Pen and ink illustrations. Dust jacket, rubbed at corners, in new mylar cover.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
13)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston: Little, Brown, 1992. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine DJ. A 25,000 mile journey from Oregon & Idaho to the Mexican border, discussing botany, zoology, and geology. 262 pages, map endpapers, illustrations. ( more information) Offered by Old Algonquin Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
15)
|
Desert Time : A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
New York:: Little, Brown & Company,. 1992.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 262 pages. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket ( more information) Offered by Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
17)
|
The Florentine; a novel about Benvenuto Cellini
Spinatelli, Carl J
New York, New York:: Prentice-Hall,. 1953.. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 404 pages. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a very good, slightly edge worn dust jacket. ( more information) Offered by Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
19)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1992. Hardcover. Little Brown, 1992, stated first edition. In near fine condition, DJ in mylar. You will meet a piece of river, some strange trees, and coyotes, bees, birds, bighorn sheep, and more cacti than you may care to think about. You will meet a tortoise that is passionate and methodical. You will go to a place where wars have been fought and where they are being prevented, or exacerbated, depending on your point of view. You meet a man who is crazy about snakes. You will other men who are crazy about the past.... ISBN: 0316482986. First Edition. NATURAL HISTORY UNITED STATES DESERT. ( more information) Offered by The Book Faerie (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
20)
|
DESERT TIME: a Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1992 262pp a travel book through the magnificent wastelands of the high Colorado plateau. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by McLean Arts & Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
21)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through The American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston: Little Brown, 1992. Hard Cover. NF. First Edition. ISBN:0316482986. Price clipped dust jacket, else fine.In a protective Brodart cover.. ( more information) Offered by The Book Shelf (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
22)
|
DESERT TIME: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1992. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.. ISBN: 0316482986. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NATURAL HISTORY UNITED STATES DESERT. ( more information) Offered by Joe Staats, Bookseller (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
23)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1992 AUTHOR SIGNED and Dated.. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED. Hard Cover, NOT A REMAINDER. FINE, AS NEW/In FINE, AS NEW DJ. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Gilboe Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
25)
|
Desert Time: A Journey Through the American Southwest
Kappel-Smith, Diana
Little Brown & Co (T). Hardcover. 0316482986 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
0 items in cart
Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Some content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
