Buy Official Guide to Hiking the Grand Canyon or Rock Art of the American Southwest or Burntwater.
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Official Guide to Hiking the Grand Canyon$5.70Whether you're going to the bottom of the canyon or strolling on the rim, you'll want this guide in hand. Official Guide to Hiking Grand Canyon provides profiles and maps of major trails, beautiful photographs, as well as current park regulations and permit procedures.
Rock Art of the American Southwest$141.42Indian rock paintings and carvings astonish us with their beauty, mystery, and spirituality. This book includes work spanning more than 4,000 years.
Burntwater$16.92In Navajo country, where the land is thick with legends and forgotten histories, a writer sets out to find a place that no longer exists except on a few old maps: Burntwater. The story opens when two friends get stuck in a remote pocket of the desert as a winter storm moves in. They are taking a wandering route across the Four Corners region, curving through Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona on a long arc into the mythic heart of the country.
Canyon Country Parklands: Treasures of the Great$5.69This collection is put together like a National Geographic magazine, with the stories all focusing on the 130,000-square-mile wilderness dubbed "the Great Unknown" by Major John Wesley Powell in 1869. Now shared by Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, this area includes dazzling mesas and buttes, soaring stone pinnacles and arches, and daunting deep canyons and cliffs.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument$3.95One of the Southwest's most popular and dramatic sites,Canyon de Chelly preserves the ancient history of the Anasazi and the contemporary culture of the Navajo. Here, ruins of elaborate stone villages tucked into cliff-side alcoves testify to a thousand years of habitation by the Anasazi. Today it is home to the Navajo.
The Medicine Bows: Wyoming's Mountain Country$7.19Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThe significance of the Medicine Bow region is tied to its abundant natural resources in close proximity to majore 19th century migration routes. The high mountain lakes and streams, rugged rocky peaks and endless vistas of forest remain popular with outdoorsmen who travel from afar to enjoy the unsullied natural world that still remains there.
The Incredible Grand Canyon$10.29For decades, Scott Thybony has traversed the American Southwest in search of its history, its people, and its little-known stories. In this volume, Thybony, one of the premier storytellers of our time, has compiled his favorite tales about the Grand Canyon—some quirky, some pure whimsy, many actually true. Filled with legends, romance, cliffhangers, and enduring mysteries, this delightful read will wrinkle your brow, touch your heart, and make you laugh.
The Painted Desert: Land of Wind and Stone (Desert$14.95Most people who are familiar with the Painted Desert of northeastern Arizona know it only from having pulled off at the Petrified Forest exit on Interstate 40. If they happen to come by it at midday, as most do, they find a landscape drained of color and flattened under the direct sunlight. But this remote pocket of the Arizona desert, sandwiched between the Little Colorado River on one side and bold escarpments on the other, is much more than most tourists ever experience.
Grand Canyon Bright Angel Trail GuideSOLD OUTTo take full advantage of hiking in Grand Canyon, visitors must understand the physical, cultural, and historical background of its trails. Learn about plants and wildlife; reference safety tips and trail length; recognize geological features; and find out the location of the nearest restroom. Within the Bright Angel Trail Guide, you will find detailed maps, vivid images, and comprehensive information that will not only help you to appreciate the beauty and ruggedness of the landscape, but will alert you to its hazards as well.