num_pages: 100
description: Writers and photographers are drawn to and inspired by the deserts of North America not merely because they are beautiful or exotic, says Lawrence W. Cheek, who has authored three books on Arizona. "It is because they provoke us." Novelist John Steinbeck, poet Bruce Berger, and naturalist Mary Austin are among the inspired voices heard in this anthology. Jeff Garton, whose color photographs illustrate this volume, has a passion for the subject that seeps through the pages. He is a master at creating mood in the interplay of light and shadow; a dune becomes an ocean of sand in his skilled hands.
language: English
title: Voices in the Desert: Writings and Photographs
titlecomplete: Voices in the Desert: Writings and Photographs (The Wilderness Experience)
publisher: A Harvest Original by Harcourt, Brace and Company