The New Desert Reader Vincent Pompei Each contributor approaches The Band

Each contributor approaches The Band from their field of interest

Sitting on a cloud strumming a harp all day turns out to be insufferably boring

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even the ordinary demands of life can cause some feelings of unease and stress

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The New Desert Reader Vincent Pompei Each contributor approaches The BandThe New Desert Reader brings together a historical cross section of writing about the American Southwest in selections that demonstrate how thinking about American deserts has changed from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the centuries old legends of the Tohono O'Odham Indians, it moves through the foresighted observations of John Wesley Powell, one armed explorer of the Grand Canyon; continues with the delicate appreciations of