desert-pine

Updated: May 16, 2025

As each man developed he took on some aspect of the desert Holderness had the amber clearness of its distances in his eyes, its deceit in his soul; August Naab, the magnificence of the desert-pine in his giant form, its strength in his heart; Snap Naab, the cast of the hawk-beak in his face, its cruelty in his nature. But all shared alike in the common element of survival ferocity.

Zane Grey - Heritage of the Desert