cover image The Mysterious Lands

The Mysterious Lands

Ann Haymond Zwinger, A. H. Zwinger. Plume Books, $12.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26513-4

Personal surveys of several American deserts led to this commentary on their landforms, climate and wildlife. ``Zwinger offers a compelling, vicarious experience . . . a masterly interpretation of these mysterious lands,'' judged PW. (Oct.)