Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia vs The Land of Little Rain: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 425 pages · ≈ 7 h 52 m · Challenging

An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the…

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Cover of The Land of Little Rain The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin · 1903 ★★★★☆ 3.9 66 pages · ≈ 1 h 13 m · Challenging
“EAST away from the Sierras, south from Panamint and Amargosa, east and south many an acounted mile, is the Country of Lost Borders.”

Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) moved with her family from Illinois to the desert on the edge of the San Joaquin Valley in 1888. In the next fifteen years she moved from one desert community to another, working on her…

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Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern AsiaThe Land of Little Rain
Goodreads — 3.9 (2123)
Hardcover — 4.2 (5)
Apple Books — 4.0 (5)

Reception

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern AsiaThe Land of Little Rain
Ratings — 2123
Editions 59 127
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 4185
Reading it now — 456
Written reviews — 248
Wikipedia attention — 335
Pages 425 66

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