# Petite Pete — The Land of Little Rain character guide

> Petite Pete in The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pete

**First appearance:** 0008-jimville

## Who they are

A small-statured man who works in the mining towns.

## In the story

### [Jimville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/chapters/jimville)

Seen feeding his sheep in the red, choked maw of an old volcanic vent, illustrating the pastoral gentleness amid elemental violence.

### [The Mesa Trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/chapters/the-mesa-trail)

A shepherd who travels the mesa trail yearly, described as hardy and simple, dealing brotherly with his dogs.

### [Nurslings of the Sky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/chapters/nurslings-of-the-sky)

Shows the narrator bones of a flock of sheep smothered in a past wind below Pastaria.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters/petite_pete
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters