Mary Hunter Austin
Mary Hunter Austin | |
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Austin c. 1900 | |
| Born | Mary Hunter September 9, 1868 |
| Died | August 13, 1934 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | Blackburn College |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Stafford Wallace Austin |
Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.