The Desert (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists)
By: J.C. Van Dyke
3.98
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The author expresses his love for the desert in this account of his three-year journey
Want to Read $ 6.25"Light and air — what means wherewith to conjure up illusions and deceive the senses!"-J.C. Van Dyke, The Desert (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists)
"Light and air — what means wherewith to conjure up illusions and deceive the senses!"-J.C. Van Dyke, The Desert (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists)
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11. The Desert (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists)
By: J.C. Van Dyke
3.98
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The author expresses his love for the desert in this account of his three-year journey read more
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"Light and air — what means wherewith to conjure up illusions and deceive the senses!"-J.C. Van Dyke, The Desert (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists)
