Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually  mention. 

Research:
"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2330100082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=6a4f821e. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 23, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008133/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ceca42e0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
#0840: Willa Cather to Mary Hunter Austin, June 26 [1926]. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0840
Austin, Mary Hunter. “Earth Horizon.” Houghton Mifflin. 1932.
Austin, Mary Hunter. “Experiences Facing Death.” Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1931.
Blend, Benay. “Mary Austin and the Western Conservation Movement: 1900-1927.” Journal of the Southwest , Spring, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1988). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169782
Davis, Lisa Selin. “The Loneliest Land.” National Parks Conservation Association. Spring 2015. https://www.npca.org/articles/942-the-loneliest-land
Egenhoff, Elizabeth L. “Mary Austin.” Mineral Information Service. November 1965. https://npshistory.com/publications/deva/mis-v18n11-1965.pdf
Fink, Augusta. “I-Mary: A Biography of Mary Austin.” University of Arizona Press. 1983.
Hoffman, Abraham. “Mary Austin, Stafford Austin, and the Owens Valley.” Journal of the Southwest , Autumn-Winter 2011, Vol. 53, No. ¾. Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/41710078
Lanzendorfer, Joy. “Searching for Mary Austin.” Alta. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a8713/searching-for-mary-austin-joy-lanzendorfer/
Online Archive of California. “Austin (Mary Hunter) Papers.” https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq/
Richards, Penny L. “Bad Blood and Lost Borders: Eugenic Ambivalence in Mary Austin’s Short Fiction.”
Richards, Penny L. “Disability History Image #3.” 8/30/2005. https://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/
Romancito, Rick. “The Image Maker and the Writer.” Taos News. 10/2/2024. https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/columns/the-image-maker-and-the-writer/article_7805f16a-8ab9-5645-9e84-4a189e18ac23.html
Siber, Kate. “The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone.” Outside. 1/22/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/mary-austin-mojave-nature-writer/
Stout, Janis P. “Mary Austin’s Feminism: A Reassessment.” Studies in the Novel , spring 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533250
The Ansel Adams Gallery. “Visions of Taos: The Making of “Taos Pueblo” by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin.” https://www.anseladams.com/visions-of-taos-the-making-of-taos-pueblo/
Viehmann, Martha L. “A Rain Song for America: Mary Austin, American Indians, and American Literature and Culture.” Western American Literature , Spring 2004, Vol. 39, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43022288
Wynn, Dudley. “Mary Austin, Woman Alone.” The Virginia Quarterly Review , SPRING 1937, Vol. 13, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433922

Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually&nbsp; mention.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2330100082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=6a4f821e. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.</li>
<li>"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 23, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008133/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=ceca42e0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.</li>
<li>#0840: Willa Cather to Mary Hunter Austin, June 26 [1926]. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0840</li>
<li>Austin, Mary Hunter. &ldquo;Earth Horizon.&rdquo; Houghton Mifflin. 1932.</li>
<li>Austin, Mary Hunter. &ldquo;Experiences Facing Death.&rdquo; Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1931.</li>
<li>Blend, Benay. &ldquo;Mary Austin and the Western Conservation Movement: 1900-1927.&rdquo; Journal of the Southwest , Spring, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1988). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169782</li>
<li>Davis, Lisa Selin. &ldquo;The Loneliest Land.&rdquo; National Parks Conservation Association. Spring 2015. https://www.npca.org/articles/942-the-loneliest-land</li>
<li>Egenhoff, Elizabeth L. &ldquo;Mary Austin.&rdquo; Mineral Information Service. November 1965. https://npshistory.com/publications/deva/mis-v18n11-1965.pdf</li>
<li>Fink, Augusta. &ldquo;I-Mary: A Biography of Mary Austin.&rdquo; University of Arizona Press. 1983.</li>
<li>Hoffman, Abraham. &ldquo;Mary Austin, Stafford Austin, and the Owens Valley.&rdquo; Journal of the Southwest , Autumn-Winter 2011, Vol. 53, No. &frac34;. Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/41710078</li>
<li>Lanzendorfer, Joy. &ldquo;Searching for Mary Austin.&rdquo; Alta. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a8713/searching-for-mary-austin-joy-lanzendorfer/</li>
<li>Online Archive of California. &ldquo;Austin (Mary Hunter) Papers.&rdquo; https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq/</li>
<li>Richards, Penny L. &ldquo;Bad Blood and Lost Borders: Eugenic Ambivalence in Mary Austin&rsquo;s Short Fiction.&rdquo;</li>
<li>Richards, Penny L. &ldquo;Disability History Image #3.&rdquo; 8/30/2005. https://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/</li>
<li>Romancito, Rick. &ldquo;The Image Maker and the Writer.&rdquo; Taos News. 10/2/2024. https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/columns/the-image-maker-and-the-writer/article_7805f16a-8ab9-5645-9e84-4a189e18ac23.html</li>
<li>Siber, Kate. &ldquo;The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone.&rdquo; Outside. 1/22/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/mary-austin-mojave-nature-writer/</li>
<li>Stout, Janis P. &ldquo;Mary Austin&rsquo;s Feminism: A Reassessment.&rdquo; Studies in the Novel , spring 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533250</li>
<li>The Ansel Adams Gallery. &ldquo;Visions of Taos: The Making of &ldquo;Taos Pueblo&rdquo; by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin.&rdquo; https://www.anseladams.com/visions-of-taos-the-making-of-taos-pueblo/</li>
<li>Viehmann, Martha L. &ldquo;A Rain Song for America: Mary Austin, American Indians, and American Literature and Culture.&rdquo; Western American Literature , Spring 2004, Vol. 39, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43022288</li>
<li>Wynn, Dudley. &ldquo;Mary Austin, Woman Alone.&rdquo; The Virginia Quarterly Review , SPRING 1937, Vol. 13, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433922</li>
</ul>

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