ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION. by Edwin D. McKee.
The geological story of Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, and Grand Canyon. Details events in geologic periods from the earth's oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon through the formation of mountains, early climates, oldest known life and the first animal life, the age of fish, deposits of sedimentary rocks that make up so much of the landscapes of this area. Includes fossil trees, dinosaur tracks, and the "frozen" sand dunes of massive cliffs plus arches and bridges. Concludes with the erosive origins of features including cutting of canyons, glaciers, volcanic eruptions, and recent but now extinct animals, ending with the advent of man. Photographs, drawings, charts, and maps, bibliography, 52 pages.
ISBN: None. 1972. Order #: NOLA1008 paper$4.95.

 

 

PETRIFIED FOREST IN PICTURES: the continuing story. Bowmans.
Extended captions explain the unusual opalized fossil logs of this desert national park; includes animal fossils also discovered here and ancient Indian sites plus desert plants and animals. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-056-4. 1991. First printing. Order #: KCPU4873 paper$8.95.

 

 

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK topographic map (AZ). US Geological Survey.
Arizona. Scale 1:50,000; contour interval 10 meters (approximately 33 feet). Map is 46" x 40". Shows park roads, terrain, vegetation, feature locations, Indian ruins. Shipped folded.
ISBN: 35109-A7-PM-050. 1981. Order #: USGS8824 map$9.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETRIFIED FOREST: the story behind the scenery. Ash & May.
Stone trees of ancient forest, now opalized; wildlife, Indian ruins. 33 color photos, 32 large-format pages. 1981.
Inventory = 90. ISBN: None.Order #:  PEFO1086 paper$4.95.

 

PETRIFIED FOREST: the story behind the scenery. Ash.
Explains origins of stone logs, limbs, roots scattered in whole sections or pieces across this desert landscape, plus animal fossils of the region. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: None. 1990. Ninth printing. Order #: KCPU4867 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

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ACROSS ARIZONA IN 1883. by Anonymous.
Reprinted from Harper's Monthly, here is an eyewitness account--gathered via train, stage, horse, and on foot--of southern Arizona. The Indians are described, the wild element at Tombstone is reported, and the mission church of San Xavier del Bac is depicted. It was a time of cowboys, City Marshall Wyatt Earp and gambler "Doc" Holliday, and Apaches--the wild frontier days of Arizona long before it became a state. Period engravings. 16 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
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ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. by Campbell Grant.
This book surveys the myriad rock paintings and carvings--numbering possibly some 15,000 sites--pecked into and painted onto boulders and rock surfaces throughout North America by its aboriginal artists. 
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