The Streets of the Mountain

“Who shall say what another will find most to his liking in the streets of the mountains.”—Mary Austin Mary Austin’s streets of the mountain are not highways but byways well-travelled by water and animals and other mountain dwellers. Her prose evokes the glory, power, and spirituality of nature. Streets of the Mountain is excerpted from Austin’s Land of Little Rain (1903), an essay collection about the Californian landscape. This short work is part of Applewood's "American Roots" series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers.