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I decided to keep this book after being very disappointed in it. I did not expect to receive a book of black and white photos only. I wish it had been printed in the product review as I would never had bought it. To post it back to America was not worth the expense to me.
Yes it is good for description and many drawings and photos for identifying.

This is simple the "Bible" for the Agave enthusiasts, an obligate reference for any serious work with this genus...

Back by Popular Demand The University of Arizona Press called this week, to let me know that they have reprinted Dr. Howard Scott Gentry's Bible of the Agaves..."Agaves of Continental North America." This book, originally printed in 1982, is an indispensable guide to the Agaves, a group of plants that have been used by the people of Mesoamerica for well over 9,000 years. With a copy of this book in your fat little hands, you can learn how to brew up a few cups of killer Mescal and weave a mat to rest on while you contemplate the authority of your brew... Dr. Gentry gave twenty-five years of his life to the Agaves, conducting field research from central Nevada south to the islands off the coast of Panama. Widely recognized as the world's leading authority on the Agaves, Dr. Gentry was an agricultural explorer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more than 30 years. I first met Dr. Gentry while on a field trip in Mexico in the late `50's. I was asked to be his mailman. I delivered mail from the U.S. to him and took mail back to post from El Paso. I learned more about the Agave family in one night around the campfire than I could have learned in two semesters at a University. I was invited to a reception honoring Dr. Gentry back in 1982 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. The occasion was a giant celebration of the publication of the book Agaves of Continental North America. Part of the funding for the book was from a grant from the National Academy of Science. A day after the reception, Dr. Gentry took me over to his office to share some field data and photos with me. When I asked Dr. Gentry about the fine points of funding research and writing, he smiled and said: "You know, I would rather re-write the entire book and do all of the field work all over again than I would fill out all the paper work necessary to obtain funding from the National Academy." Dr. Gentry's book is one of those rare books that speak to the scholar and to the layman. Every serious student of desert plants needs a copy of this book. I know that Dr. Gentry is in Agave heaven, visiting with Mayahuel, the Goddess of Agaves and together, they are profusely thanking the University of Arizona Press, for this important reprint!

There is no other book as complete as this one on agaves. Excellent reference book. Just about every agave there is , is listed.

- Based on 25 years of travel and research, this is the ultimate guide to agaves. This is the second printing of a classic. - Eco Travels in Latin America website END

Blending memoir, recipes, and fiction, John Weston revisits his childhood in Arizona during the Great Depression, where his mother worked hard to create splendid meals for her children. There are a lot of brilliantly written passages where Weston reminisces, letting his mind drift from memory to recipe, and these moments are captivating. The fictional stories interspersed throughout, however, abruptly confuse the reader. The ingredients seem to all want to mix together properly, and at moments they almost achieve their purpose, but ultimately, by the final pages, they flop. Weston flips through his life's memories and doesn't share enough with the readers for us to understand the course of his life. He mentions having children, and briefly references Jim, his companion of over thirty years, but the threads connecting his life after childhood are meagerly explored. I wanted to like the book more, but I was left bewildered and wishing for more from "Dining at the Lineman's Shack".

I've just finished a week of savouring "Dining..." bit by bit, bite by bite, many unexpected meals of great enjoyment. The work is compelling from the cover to the end, which of course begs a sequel. It is so like a novel, yet better than a novel with its many surprising branchings and final lingerings - the true stuff of life. And so erudite. And so generous withi its scattered recipes for life. I feel richer having the book handy, both for its range of insights and its range of yummies. I know of no other memoir that yields this particular mix of pleasure.

The cookbook as memoir probably began in 1959, when Alice B. Toklas' collection of recipes included one where she suggested serving, at a DAR Meeting, hashish fudge as a snack. John Weston's memoir, Dining at the Lineman's Shack doesn't serve up such confections, but it's a lovely book, and there are some fascinating recipes as well.

The book is essentially, a loving tribute to his mother, Eloine, who raised Weston and his siblings in a remote shack desert during the Great Depression. Like Steinbeck's Joad family, Weston brilliantly captures life in Skull Valley, AZ. Eloine had the remarkable knack of transforming whatever foodstuffs were available into culinary delights. Among the most surprising menu items Weston delights in describing are Calves' Brains and Scrambled Eggs, Rabbit Jerky. Eloine could disguise the more questionable fare as creatively as possible, making it exceedingly edible. Weston serves up the actual recipes for Mountain lion Barbacoa. Margarita's Yam Soufflé. Pastel de Choclo (Rodeo Pie) and Miss Ruby's Cupcakes. One hopes that Eloine's cooking pleased her diners in the manner that Toklas' delighted the robust Picasso and intimidated Hemingway.

Reared in the South and trained in the preparation of Southern cooking, following the death of her husband, a miner referred to, simply as "the dad," Eloine moved her family to Prescott, AZ and embraced Southwestern cuisine, including a love for chile peppers. Weston even includes authentic recipes for salsa and chile sauce. The loss of his father deeply affected him, and for a time, Weston fantasized his father's return, hoping their relationship would grow and change. Of course, this was never to be.

From chapter to chapter, Weston makes constant connections and strongly focuses on the presentation of his memories, much as a fine restaurant will focus on the presentation of a featured dish, as it's served to a leading customer. A fan of Opera, Weston would escape his Arizona childhood, rearing a family, teaching and writing. (His novel, Hail, Hero! was filmed in 1969, serving as Michael Douglas' film debut.)

Toklas lived in Paris with her "longtime companion," Gertrude Stein for 29 years, and her recipes are heavy with cream and butter. I've had little success with her recipes. Eloine's recipes are more accessible. Weston has settled with his longtime companion, Jim, in Palm Desert, CA. A genuine taste treat, Dining at the Lineman's Shack should be a prime addition to your summer reading list.

Reviewed by Steven LaVigne in White Crane Journal

I have just finished a week of savouring "Dining..." bit by bit, bite by bite, many unexpected meals of great enjoyment. The work is compelling from the cover to the end, which of course begs a sequel. It is so like a novel, yet better than a novel with its many surprising branchings and final lingerings, the true stuff of life. And so erudite. And so generous with its scattered recipes for life. I feel richer having the book hand, both for its range of insights and its range of yummies. I know of no other memoir that yields this particular mix of pleasure.

Dining At The Lineman's Shack by academician and novelist John Weston is a memoir of 1930's Arizona, about growing up in a lineman's shack, coping with the difficulties of rural family life, enduring tough times with the comfort of a mother who can cook miraculously well with next to nothing for ingredients. A compellingly personal story, and one which is vividly descriptive to such an extent that it virtually transports the reader through time and space, Dining At The Lineman's Shack is exceptionally well written and very highly recommended reading.

Loads of detail. Really liked this book.
- River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon by Kristin Huisinga, Lori Makarick and Kate Watters published 2006 by Mountain Press Publishing Company Missoula, Montana PO Box 2399, Missoula, Montana 59806 (406) 728-1900 Great book!
- "Guidebook to the Colorado River Part 1 Lee's Ferry to Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon National Park (and Part 2 Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon National Park to Lake Mead Arizona-Nevada) Two BYU Geology Professors W. Kenneth Hamblin and J. Keith Rigby. Indepth mile by mile with some pictures etc. They are only $5 a piece. A publication of the Department of Geology, Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602.

Useful guide for visitors who are hiking, but limited use for river runners.

I agree with everything the previous reviewer said, except that I really like the overviews of Canyon geology and so on, and don't feel that those make to book too heavy to be useful as a field guide. This is probably the best and most informative guide for a hiker or visitor to the Grand Canyon to take along.

This book was a nice introduction to the geology, plant and animal life of the grand canyon. It is small enough to take in your pack and is fun to read once you've arrived at camp and try to identify the plants, animals and strata you saw. Not too much specific information about any one species, strata, etc., but good general intros to flora, cacti, etc. I'd recommend it if it's your first hike in the canyon and you're just looking for a simple book to become familiar with the names of thing. You can find it in the gift shops on both rims too.

Handy easy-to-use guide to birds, flowers, cacti, wildflowers, reptiles, mammals, geology of the grand canyon. Nothing like it anywhere.

This is a heartfelt, straight-talking assault on the degeneration of the American legal system, as well as the colorful memoir of a long, diverse legal career. Molloy's stories of his life in the law, using anecdotes supported by case and article citations, tell a disquieting tale of the proliferation of complexities that require the ever-more-costly services of lawyers, coupled with the court-made laws that can make it ever more difficult to punish offenders (e.g., exclusionary rule, Miranda warnings, separate trials for co-defendants in murder cases). One of Molloy's most important points is that the courts are making law, a right reserved to Congress by our Constitution, while maintaining that they are merely interpreting the Constitution. When Congress attempts to pull back from some of these court-made limitations - as when they enacted a law maintaining that voluntary confessions could be admissible even without a Miranda warning - the Supreme Court defeats their aim.
How could Molloy have gone along with some of this for so long? He asks this himself. Aside from his desire to do well, some of the reason surely is lawyers' inbred tendency to acquiesce to higher authority. If the Supremes say it's so, who is a mere superior court judge or trial lawyer to argue? I'm glad Molloy has lived long enough to argue. He's really personal about his objections and his frequent contempt for our highest court, but he makes a good case.

John F. Molloy, the author, spent over 40 years as a lawyer and judge in the U.S. His honest and critical(also of his own "selling out for the lust for money & power")insider insights from these two perspectives, provide the reader-citizen a well put, detailed history of what has gone wrong with our legal system, espec. over the last 60 or so years.

He gives understandable histories and details how and why, our initially great system of Law and its pursuit of Truth & Justice, has too often become primarily a way for lawyers and judges to enrich themselves financially, while forsaking its noble purpose.

Judges do this by re-interpreting existing laws, and creating new ones,and the complex "rules of the game", with the helpful "input" of lawyers trying cases before them. Mr. Molloy exposes the what, how, and why of what's gone wrong, and its impact on the moral & social fabric of our citizens. But he also offers some sensible suggestions for needed changes. This is an important, well written and worthy book for lawyers and citizens of conscience.

Didn't really need to read the book, as having been in 'the profession' the truth of what Judge Molloy conveys hit me on a daily basis, and eventually left after eight years. The 'politicking' in the courts is abominable, and the public and justice not being served on any level.

Well writen, and as an Arizona especially appreciated his 'take' on the Arizona judiciary and his experiences most of all.

This is the story of how practice of the law has been corrupted over time. Judge Molloy's colorful anecdotes kept me entertained and at other times I felt outraged at how our justice system has been perverted to serve the interests of lawyers instead of serving the interests of the public. This book is very readable and informative. I highly recommend it.

The Fraternity is the most important book in years. As a former corporate executive, then business owner/CEO, I so appreciate reading the disturbing trend Judge Molloy details in the legal profession has increasingly threatened the economic health of our country. He accurately chronicles precedent setting case after case of this alarming devolution. All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

Equally disquieting to all citizens is the effect in criminal trial law. More and more critical information is excluded from testimony to the point that jurors can longer make informed intelligent decisions. John Molloy is to be commended for these important revelations of unconscionable greed by the legal profession that has been so destructive to the legal profession.

This is a story from one of the country's great legal experts that must be read.

Excellent beginner's guide to desert gardening. Not surprising, bias is to low desert where she lives. An expanded version to include intermediate and high desert would be welcome, but the priciples as laid out hold throughout the Southwest. Reads well.

An excellent book that should be in every desert gardener's library. Not only does she offer sound advice she is occasionally, and refreshingly, very candid in her opinions. I have just ordered my second copy as I made the mistake of lending my first copy.

This is a very good reference book for selecting the type of plants I will need to landscape a desert setting.

Great info for the desert gardener, but if you want to know what the plants and cacti actually look like, the small black and white pictures just don't cut it. Gardening is a visual discipline, pictures do speak a thousand words.

I read this book cover-to-cover, which wasn't what I expected to do; I expected to use it more as a reference. However, it's written so well and contains so much helpful advice that I found it easy to read straight through. I'm new at gardening, but I'm already making good use of the information in my own yard.

I agree with all the previous reviewers, and I'll just add that I've hiked all over Arizona and have a number of hiking books, and this is the most interesting and useful of them all. The hikes are very well chosen, and not only have geologic interest but are enjoyable and scenic hikes in their own right. Some of them are classics (such as the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon, the Peralta Trail in the Superstitions, the Heart of Rocks Trail in the Chiricahuas, and so on) that many Arizona hikers will already be familiar with, and the detailed information in this book lets you experience them in a whole new way. There are also some less-well-known trails that I'm looking forward to trying. On some of the trails that I'd already hiked, this book answered questions about things that I'd seen along the way and wondered about. If you do any hiking in Arizona and have any interest or curiousity at all about the geologic features that you're passing through, then this book will be one of the best purchases you could make, and will pay for itself many times over in all the knowledge and enjoyment you'll get out of it.

Hiking Arizona Geology is really two books under one cover. In "book one", the first thirty-seven pages are a geology primer, written at a level understandable to the beginning student yet not condescending to the experienced professional. The following nineteen pages sketch the nearly two-billion-year-long geologic history of Arizona, leaving the reader well prepared to understand and appreciate the diverse geology and landscapes of the state. Information is delivered with an occasional philosophical undertone interspersed with wry humor typical of Ivo Lucchitta's style (e.g. ".... that peculiar variety of life called Homo, including its pretentious branch that is amusingly pleased to call itself sapiens.").
The attentive and therefore well-educated reader is now adequately, if not fully, prepared to appreciate the stories contained in rocks and their landforms along the forty-one hikes described in delicious detail, in "book two". Hikes were selected to illustrate the geologic, and not coincidentally, climatic diversity of Arizona. Many people not familiar with the state might assume that Arizona is one vast desert, only to be hiked during cool winter days. Not so! Hiking Arizona Geology is truly a book for all seasons, covering elevations ranging from about 2,000 to 12,600 feet above sea level.
For this review, I read the book from front to back, in one sitting. This left me somewhat put off by the repetition of material from Hike to Hike. But I also appreciate that for the occasional user, this kind of repetition is necessary, because each hike must stand alone.
My recommendation: Get the cobwebs out of your mind, the dust off your hiking boots, and hit the trail, book in hand. The exercise will be good for your physical and mental health, and you are bound to learn a lot about Mother Earth.

...the preface begins by stating that the reader is expected to have some geological background, and it isn't kidding! He throws a myriad of geological terms and concepts at you. Even so, the book is a good read (even if you have to go back several times to get a paragraph) and the author really gets DEEP into the history of the South West.

I recommend this book to someone who has patience to read and reread, or the appropriate scientific background.

Having just published a book about geology and hiking in the southwest, I can confidently say that Ivo Lucchitta's book is an excellent resource and enjoyable read for geologists and amateurs alike. Aside from good exercise, the hikes provide powerful insights into the formation of the structures in Arizona that most know as just beautiful scenery. If you're going to hike Arizona and want the additional rewards of understanding your surroundings, this book is a must.

The author of this guidebook writes that a deeper understanding of something only heightens the enjoyment of that thing. So it is with hiking in Arizona. I have hiked many of the trails included in this book, but the geologic knowledge provided by this publication will undoubtedly add to the enjoyment of trails already well-trodden, as well as those still to be experienced. While technical enough to satisfy those with a scientific mind, the descriptions of geology in general, and Arizona in particular, are easily understood by anyone. In fact, the author's engaging style made these "geologic primers" some of my favorite parts of the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone intersted in hiking in Arizona. The trails included are all scenic, they're dispersed throughout the state, and they provide a wide representation of Arizona's geologic features.

My husband is Air Force and we moved to Tucson for training. Tucson is awesome and this book shows you where to go, where to eat, what to explore. Was definitely worth it! We would have missed a lot if it hadn't been for this book!

We were new to Tucson and have found this book invaluable. It covers most everything a new resident needs to know. With this book and a good map (you'll need one) you will have a good start in this city. Most information you will need is here. The rest filters in through the newspaper, Tucson websites, and the radio. I highly recommend this book if you plan to relocate to Tucson.

I was looking for a book that would tell me inside information about restaurants, shopping, art galleries, bicycle trails and side trips for our month long visit next winter. This book dealt with all of those subjects and some extraneous subjects I was not interested in. The chapters were well defined, so finding a particular subject was easy. I would recommend this book to visitors as well as those moving to Tucson.

I was moving to Tucson and I had never even been there. I looked through the book to get a feel for the city. After visiting and making the decision to move, I tried many of the activities and resturants in the book. I found all the reviews were accurate. When I asked 'locals' about different things about Tucson, they quite often said just what the book said. I even carry this book in my vehicle as I refer to it quite a bit. If you planning to move to Tucson, this is a must have. The small price of the book goes a long way in learning about all that Tucson has to offer.

I searched all over for a book on Tucson, and this was the best one my bookstore had to offer. I am excited to see all that the city has to offer, but I wish that this book or any book on Tucson at all, had more about people who are moving to the area and have no idea what to make of the different neighborhoods. They offer brief descriptions, but I would have liked to know more.

The premise is intriguing; the execution is terrible. This superficial account never reveals much about the author nor the rich context of Navajoland in which she was immersed for several years. Instead, it reads like a series of day-planner entries. Whatever idealism may have motivated her at the outset, by the end of the book her observations have morphed into cliched rationales for whatever suits her emotional or economic self-interest. Not recommended.

I have been visiting Canyon de Chelly and Chinle for the past 10 years, and found it interesting that the place does not seem to have changed much since the author's days there. This is an entertaining and insightful book that has enhanced my knowledge of the area and people.

This is a book about how a pair of young, ideaistic white folks fared in Navajoland(now known as "Dinee") during the turbulent sixties and seventies. More importantly, it's a book about cultural and individual identity, and how unintended consequences can spring up like mosquitoes in a sultry pond to bite those who venture into a foreign culture, even with the best of intentions.
Written with wit and a welcome dose of humility.

Just finished Into the Canyon. What a lovely book! The naturalness and good humor of the writing are very appealing, and Ms. Moore has a nice way of setting up her anecdotes with a bit of suspense. I especially liked the arrest of the IHS doc in order to commandeer some medical expertise to help her in her coroner duties. And the Hopi Snake Dance. And...well the adventures of the "lawyer and wife" at Chinle are so attractive I felt unlucky not to have been a part of them.

On rare occasions, you actually can tell a book by its cover. Lucy Moore's account of her seven years living and working among the Navajo people near Canyon de Chelly is just such a book. As the cover photo of the "canyon" captures the range of shadow and light of this special and sacred place, so do the stories within explore a full spectrum of human experience. Moore does an especially good job of describing, with humility and humor, her early and on-going lessons about the differences between Anglo and Navajo cultures. Her narrative illustrates the profound and enduring relationships that are possible when people on opposite sides of a cultural divide "stay the course" to discover and celebrate deeper commonalities. Although Moore's book is technically a memoir set in 1968-1975, it contains an inspirational message for our time and for all time.

It is wonderful to see this book back in print. My Mom first gave me this book in 1972. It became a favorite of mine. I would dig it out and read it every decade or so. Being an Arizona native made it all the more exciting because I had been to the places that she talked about. Even if you have never gone West, this is a great book.

In the late nineteenth century, Martha Summerhayes and her young lieutenant husband take up residence in the dusty army forts of Arizona. Vanished Arizona is a collection of memories of those days. Along the way, the reader meets a variety of characters such as a nearly-naked Indian cook and a "dentist" who accidentally extracts the wrong tooth.

We learn of treacherous travel in which mule carts overturn and people drown while crossing rivers. In one harrowing adventure, young Martha is advised by her husband to shoot herself and her baby son in preference to being captured by Indians.

What I love about this book is the guileless storytelling that seems unblemished by political correctness. She does not varnish the truth as she sees it, nor does she attempt to make her life in dusty Arizona attractive; she offers an honest appraisal of the rather brutal trials of an army wife in that era.

At times you'll love Martha Summerhayes for her courage, and at times you'll wish she didn't whine quite so much.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in frontier America and the brave people who settled the land.

This is the autobiographical story of a young army bride who accompanies her husband to Fort Apache, one of the most remote frontier outposts in the Arizona Territory, in 1874. To accomodate to the vicissitudes of the transition from a sheltered New England home to the wilderness she must endure hardships in travel, hostile Apaches, lack of even basic amenities, and inhospitable climate. Her accounts of how she survived these problems and of her interactions with soldiers and civilians provide insight into the early history of the Arizona Territory as well as into life in the frontier army. The book is nicely annotated to provide extra detail on places and persons, and there is a good selection of additional references. It is well written and, in my opinion, a must read for those interested in this mostly forgotten part of our history.

Part travelogue, part coming-of-age story, a bit of a sociological study, and entirely a memoir of a woman's encounter with the unknown, "Vanished Arizona" is an introduction to a world most of us only know from John Ford westerns. In 1874, new Army wife Martha Summerhayes made the unusual decision to head west with her husband to his post on the Wyoming frontier. Further travels take them south through Colorado, Arizona, and other parts of the West. Along the way, Martha becomes a mother, meets Apaches face-to-face, and leaves behind the prejudices and presuppositions of her New England upbringing. This is a remarkable chronicle of the American Southwest from an all-too-rare perspective. Nearly a century after it was first published, it holds up very well for the contemporary reader.

Complain, complain, complain! Nantucket born and educated in Germany, Martha Dunham married John Summerhayes, a second lieutenant attached to the 8th Infantry, and in 1874 she accompanied him west to Fort D.A. Russell and then to Fort Apache in Arizona. This memoir recounts her experiences in the West (mainly in Arizona, but also including time spent in California, Nevada, Nebraska, Santa Fe, and Texas), and there is hardly a single positive thing she can say about her experiences. Forlorn, desolate, dreadful, unkempt, and disagreeable are adjectives often employed by Mrs. Summerhayes, and she is a constant complainer about the high temperatures, dusty conditions, poor living conditions, rattlesnakes, bugs, and just about every other inconvenience encountered on a western frontier military post in the 1870s.

Clothes are important to her: one of her first observations upon reaching Arizona is how old-fashioned the women are dressed, and one of the greatest tragedies confronting her was when a steamer carrying all her clothes burns to the waterline and she is left with only the clothes on her back. At one point she is so miserable that she questions whether marrying a soldier was wise for her, and she writes, "[I] decided then and there that young army wives should stay at home with their mothers and fathers, and not go into such wild and uncouth places." Her harsh opinions are somewhat tempered over time (and when her husband is assigned to "less primitive" posts such as Fort Niobrara in Nebraska), but it's clear her experiences were more an ordeal than an adventure. She must have been a pain, too, to others, with her demands about procuring good cooks and servants. Editor Dan Thrapp finds humor enough in her complaints (and in her "flexibility" in her responses to the complaints of others about her) that the reader "warms to her," but I found that not to be my response.

Interesting is Mrs. Summerhayes's decision not to write at all about the Indian campaigns or any other chiefly historical matters of her time and place. "I have given simply the impressions made upon the mind of a New England woman who left her comfortable home ... to follow a second lieutenant into the wildest encampments of the American army." Fortunately (for us, not her) her husband transferred frequently from one post to another, which gave the author different encampments and on-the-road experiences to relate. She paints quite a different picture than one would get in a military memoir, for example. And there's value to that, despite the negativity. Life was hard for the well-bred Mrs. Summerhayes, and she makes no bones about it in this memoir.

A beautiful selection of images that trace how the Canyon has been viewed through a lens over the past cnetury and how that view has evolved. You can begin to appreciate how the Canyon got to be grand (to paraphrase the title of a book on the history of the Canyon). It was also nice to have included images of the types of cameras that were used to make the images.

I bought this as a present for my wife. We had just returned from a trip that included a visit to the Grand Canyon, and I wanted to get her a memento of the visit. This book sounded good, but was not the one that included the beautiful vistas that we wanted. There are some photos too dark to really discern why they are included. There are some photos of a boat on the bank of the river. That could be from anywhere.
Although I suppose others may find it interesting, we didn't want a book of prose, we just wanted amazing photos. This was not that book.

Yes, you would expect truly astounding photography here, and you get exactly that, in lots of different flavors too, but the stories are deft and revealing -- far more than in a book of photos alone of a place that you couldn't take a bad photo if you tried. Trimble himself is a master craftsman with the camera, but his service here is to gather some really remarkable work and voices into a tome that anyone who has gaped and prayed there will want to paw through before you get major brownie points for giving it to someone else. Terrific work.

Lasting Light is a treasure, a compilation of photographs taken of the Crand Ganyon over a broad stretch of time. The viewer/reader may gain a sense of history, passing from the old to the new. The book is an experience in images of the vast wonder of the Canyon and the smallest, most discreet detail. Because the text is direct and not-technical, anyone interested in what is grand and lit by extraordinary light, the Grand Canyon itself, will find this work a delight.

This book is so awesome, and of such high quality, that its Amazon price seems surreal...I have two copies and am ordering a third, for posterity or whatever.

Intensely beautiful photographic prints, at the very leading edge of Canyon photos....almost beyond description!

If you buy one copy of this book, you'll then want another for a gift, and another for your own collection.....etc.