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AMONG THE APACHES. by Frederick Schwatka.
Apaches in 1870s: dwellings, medicine men, runners, war dress, weapons, leaders of this Southwestern tribe. Originally published in Century Magazine for 1887. 30 illustrations,  30 pages.
ISBN: 0-910584-35-4. Order #: FILT4574 paper$4.00.

 

 

AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL Monument. by Kathleen Groschpf, Bryan T. Brown, and R. Roy Johnson.
Overview of the studies of birds made in this area, with descriptions of desert habitat utilized by the different species and summaries of sightings at different months of the year to give seasonal distribution. Charts, 50 large-format pages. bibliography
ISBN:0-911408-74-6. 1988. Order #: SOPM4500 paper$9.95.

 

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.

 

 

 

APACHE LEGENDS: song of the Wind Dancer. Lou Cuevas.
Tales from full-blooded Apache Indian. The author's vivid narratives capture the imagination and transport the reader into the world of the ancient American Southwest. Insights into the ancient spirit people and legends. Each legend explains nature, its manifestations, and human behavior that is taught to Apache children so they might learn to respect the power of life. Interview with the author, Lou Cuevas: My grandfather was a full-blooded Apache and my grandmother was Spanish, a curandera, a Spanish medicine woman. I started about 15 years ago trying to recall the stories they told me. I went to various members of my family and asked them if they remembered the stories. It took me 12 years to assemble them. Illustrations, 128 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-219-1. Order #: NAGR0685 paper$12.95.

 

ARIZONA COOKBOOK. Fischers.
A taste of the Old Southwest: sizzling Indian fry bread, prickly pear marmalade, sourdough biscuits, refried beans, beef jerky, cactus candy, and more.
ISBN: 0-914846-00-0. Order #: GOWE6228 paper$5.95.

 

 

 

ARIZONA'S MOUNTAINS: a hiking and climbing guide. by Bob and Dotty Martin.
Complete source lists the highest peaks of  Arizona with route descriptions and detailed travel information for 103 hikes, including many high summits and all of those over9,000 feet that are not on Indian reservations. Hiking distances, elevations gained, and high points are provided for each trail described. Hikes range from pleasant family hikes to vigorous outings and rock climbing.. Maps, photos, 178 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-917895-18-5. 1987. Order #: CORD7529 paper$9.95.

 

ARIZONA'S SCENIC BYWAYS. by Earl Thollander with introductory commentaries by Edward Abbey.
Explores the great natural wonders and areas of antiquity; formerly "Back Roads of Arizona." Covers every corner of Arizona by the state's back-roads, from Bisbee to the Hopi Mesas, with many out-of-the-way places. Covers scenic attractions and people. Provides a dozen or more tours in each of 4 sections of the state. Drawings made by the author on location illustrate the text. Maps, 168 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87358-538-0. 1978. Order #: NOLA5466 paper$14.95.

 

BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA. Lewis.
Desert, cactus, wildflowers, rock formations. Color photos, 72 large-format pages.
Inventory = 65.ISBN:0-915796-39-2. Order #: BEAM0127 paper$7.95.

 

 

 

THE BEST BIKE PATHS OF THE SOUTHWEST. by Wendy Williams.
Safer, scenic, and traffic-free bicycling in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Utah. Describes 56 bike paths organized by state, with maps showing locations, descriptions including mileages, general backgrounds and histories of the paths and useful tourist information; level of difficulty; type of scenery; condition of pavement; availability of food and bathroom; directions and parking. Illustrated, 222 pages.
ISBN: 0-684-81400-5. 1996. Order #: SISC8425 paper$11.00.

 

CANYON DE CHELLY: the story behind the scenery (AZ). Supplee.
Anasazi and today's Navajo peoples, rock formations, cliff dwellings at Arizona National park. 65 color photos, 48 large-format pages. 1993.
ISBN: 0-88714-042-4. 1993. Tenth printing, revised. Order #: KCPU0719 paper$8.95.

 

 

CANYON DE CHELLY IN PICTURES: the continuing story. Hunter.
Cliffside dwellings in the canyon of this Arizona national park. Once inhabited by Anasazi and now by Navajo Native Americans. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations. 1999.
ISBN: 0-88714-145-5  1999 First printing. Order #: KCPU8007 paper$8.95.

 

 

CONSTRUCTION OF HOOVER DAM. by Bureau of Reclamation.
By 1927 when construction of Hoover Dam was authorized to be built, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation had already constructed some of the largest dams in the world. Although the site here had favorable qualities for a massive dam, that in itself added to the challenge of straddling the steep-walled gorge and diverting the huge Colorado River while they prepared the dam's bed and created the concrete barrier complete with hydroelectric generation and highway bridge crossing the Arizona-Nevada border.. Text and photographs report how the project was done and show its immensity. Engineering diagrams, photographs, 48 pages. Historical reprint
ISBN: 0-916122-51-4. Historical reprint 1976. Order #: KCPU8060 paper$4.00.

THE EARP BROTHERS OF TOMBSTONE: the story of Mrs. Virgil Earp. by Frank Waters.
Composite biographies of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp of Tombstone, Arizona.. Includes Santa Fe Trail, O,K. Corral, Dodge City, as well as early history of the area that became the state of Arizona. time period is latter 1800s. Map, 255 pages, citations.
ISBN: 0-8032-5838-0. Cover lightly scuffed; light smudge on book's side. Order #: UNNE7011paper$6.95.

 

 

EASY FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON DESERT BIRDS OF ARIZONA. Primer.
Describes 31 birds of this region, such as hawks, quail, cactus wren, roadrunner. Drawings, 32 little pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-13-7.  Order #: AMTR4546 paper$2.95.

EASY FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON DESERT CACTUS OF ARIZONA. Primer.
Uses simple key charts to lead to species identification of chollas, prickly pears, pincushions, organ pipe, and more. Drawings, 32 little pages.
ISBN:0-935810-15-3. Order #: AMTR4560 paper$2.95.

 

EASY FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON DESERT INSECTS OF ARIZONA. Primer.
Identifies 30 species characteristic of this region, like vinegaroon, tarantula, scorpion, cicada, mesquite bug. Drawings, 32 little pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-14-5. Order #: AMTR4559 paper$2.95.

 

EASY FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON MAMMALS OF ARIZONA. Nelsons.
Describes 29 species typical of this desert region, like bats, coyote, rock squirrel, javelina, bighorn. Drawings, 32 little pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-16-1. Order #: AMTR1508 paper$3.95.

 

 

EASY FIELD GUIDE TO TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, & CRETACEOUS REPTILES & DINOSAURS OF ARIZONA. Tegowski.
Guide to Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous reptiles and dinosaurs that roamed Arizona, with emphasis on the Mesozoic Era. Map of excavation sites included. 32 little pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-63-3. Order #: AMTR7251 paper$3.95.

 

#EASY FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON TREES OF ARIZONA. Primer.
Identifies 47 trees of this region, showing leaf and cone or seed characteristics. Drawings, 32 little pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-18-8. Order #: AMTR3351 paper$2.95.

FIELD MOUSE GOES TO WAR: a bilingual tale. by Edward A. Kennard and Albert Yava. Illustrated by Fred Kabotie.
Can the little field mouse outwit the hawk that is stealing chickens from the People? This traditional Hopi tale was originally published in 1944 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The drawings are by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie who was born at the turn of the century on the Second Mesa. Kabotie was commissioned by the Museum of the American Indian in New York to record authentic native dances and by the Fred Harvey Company to decorate the Indian Tower on the south Rim of the Grand Canyon. The book is in English and phonetic Hopi. Contains pronunciation guide.74 pages.
ISBN: 0-86541-046-1. Order #: FILT5265 paper$10.95.

FIRE AND STONE: a road guide to Wupatki & Sunset Crater National Monuments. by Scott Thybony.
An auto tour of 35 miles runs through these two national monuments in Arizona, passing lava flows and craters from volcanic activity and stopping at sites of history and Anasazi Indian ruins. Explains the ancestral Native American occupation period and culture, the archaeological discovery of the pueblo villages, the plants and wildlife of this high desert region of arid summers and snow-covered winters, recent occupation by Navajo people. Map, color photographs, 48 pages.
ISBN:0-911-408-67-3. 1987. Order #: SOPM 1320 paper$7.95.

A FITTING DEATH FOR BILLY THE KID. by Ramon F. Adams.
How the "Kid" legend was born and grew about this young outlaw. Author tells of the events of the kid's short life, setting out to write not so much a biography as a commentary on a myth, sifting legend and tall tale and outright lie to arrive at the truth about the seemingly immortal Billy. When we know the truth about Bill's end--not in a blaze of glory--it was a fitting death. Illustrated, 320 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8061-1764-8. 1960. Order #: UNOK5678 paper$12.95.

 

 

#GHOST TOWNS OF ARIZONA: remnants of the mining days. (Arizona Traveler Guidebook). by Carolyn Bauer.
Arizona has the town "too tough to die" (Tombstone), and Jerome is literally built on the side of a mountain. Other ghost towns are found near still-active mines. Perhaps more interesting than the towns are the stories of the people, retold here. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-095-7. Order #: AMTR7264 paper$6.95.

#GRAND CANYON RAILROAD ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK. Gerber.
Reopened line from Williams, Arizona, to Grand Canyon--history, mileposts, scenery, equipment. Fully illustrated guide to the history, ghost towns, explorations, volcanoes, wildlife, and railroad equipment. Filled with maps and illustrations, a must for railroad buffs. If you are planning to ride the train, be sure to take this with you!  Illustrated, 80 pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-44-7. Order #: amtr3710 paper$5.95.

GRAND CIRCLE ADVENTURE. by Reed.
Parks and monuments in southern Utah and Colorado, northern Arizona and New Mexico--desert and rockscapes, Indian sites. 72 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-94-8. 1983. Order #: KCPU0726 paper$8.95.

 

 

A GUIDE TO THE DESERT GEOLOGY OF LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. by John v. Bezy.
The desert landscape of this Arizona/Nevada area in many places reveals its geological character more clearly for here there is essentially no vegetation cluttering the view and the appearance of the rocks. Presents explanations of faults, alluvial fans, former lake beds, the sand cycle, hot springs, salt deposits,sink holes, volcanic dikes, cross-bedding, graben--30 geologic features in all.. Photos, drawings, 68 pages.
ISBN: 0-911408-51-7. 1978. Covers scuffed. Order #: SOPM1316 paper$4.95.

 

HIKING THE SOUTHWEST: Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas. by Dave Ganci.
Sierra Club Totebook. Introduces the special character of this region of the U.S. from a hiker's standpoint. Tells of weather and climate factors, managing a vehicle on sandy roads or in heat, natural history, social and environmental history such as the Sagebrush Rebellion and includes many hikes in national parks and forests as well s those on Bureau of Land Management Areas, city, county, and state parks, and Indian reservations. Trail descriptions include mileages, difficulty ratings, directions, and features. Maps, bibliography, index, 408 pages--small size for carrying in the field..
ISBN: 0-87156-338-X. 1983. Order #: RAHO2715 vinyl$14.00.

 

OUSES BENEATH THE ROCK: the Anasazi of Canyon de Chelly and Navajo National Monument. by David Grant Noble.
Essays by noted archaeologists and historians give insight into Native American inhabitants of this region and their way of life in their cliffside and cave dwellings. Discusses rock art, basketry and artifacts, and the last stand of Navajos against Kit Carson's removal from their home.  Photographs, map, 64 large-format pages, saddle-stitched.
ISBN: 0-941270-72-6. 1986. Order #: GISM1859 paper$8.95.

 

IMAGES AND RAINBOWS. Vol. 1, 1980 Journal of Arizona Poetry Assn. by Arizona Poetry Association.
Dozens of poems by a myriad of poet-authors, on many topics some celebrating the state.
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: MISC3681 paper$4.95.

 

 

#INDIANS OF ARIZONA: a guide to Arizona's heritage. (Arizona Traveler Guidebook). by Eleanor H. Ayer.
Here are three things that everyone identifies with Arizona: the Grand Canyon, cactus, and the Native Americans. This book focuses on the more than 20 different tribes that exist today in Arizona. Learn about their heritage, customs, land, and more. 48 page
ISBN: 1-55838-112-0. Order #: AMTR7265 paper$6.95.

I IS FOR INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST: the story behind the scenery (AZ/NM). Rosen & Baird.
Children's story telling of the Southwest character and heritage. Large-format pages, color illustrations.
Inventory =2. ISBN: 0-88714-211-7. 2000. Order #: KCPU8108 paper $9.95.

 

 

ISLANDS IN THE SKY: scenes from the Colorado Plateau. A Wish-You-Were-Here Book. by Jeff Nicholas & Lynn Wilson and Jim Wilson.
Presents the parklands of southeastern Utah and northeast Arizona--famous landmarks to subtle details. Photo essays are presented on "Earth", "Rock", "Water", "Sky" showing the intricate sculpturing that has produced textured cliffs, expansive rock arches, layers of stone. Nearly 100 color photographs, 96 pages.
ISBN:0-939365-16-2 1991. Order #: SIER5280 paper$14.95.

JEROME: a story of mines, men, and money. by James W. Brewer, Jr.
An historical booklet on Jerome, Arizona, copper-mining town with booms and busts in its ore production and its population, which once was 15,000. Development of town homes and buildings plus mining structures and a railroad--all situated on a sloping mountain side. The mines prospered from the 1880s until the Great Depression of 1929 and now the town is still not a true ghost town but a place where tourists come to see the structural remains and learn of the human conflicts and cooperations that occurred here in its heyday. Historical photographs, maps, 18 pages.
ISBN: None. 1985. Order #: SOPM3919 paper$2.95.

 

LAKE MEAD IN PICTURES: the continuing story (NV). by Katherine M. Rhode.
Experience the variety of recreation in this urban wilderness park as you discover how plants, animals, and people have adapted to survive the desert's extremes of temperature and moisture. 9x12, 48 pages, 84 color photos & 2 maps.
ISBN: 0-88714-146-3. 1999. Order #: KCPU8031 paper$11.95.

 

 

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA: auto tour guide. by Douglas B. Evans.
History and geology along roads in this Arizona/Nevada desert area. Outlines 4 tours with numbered stops pointing out aspects there of geology, history, archeology, and wildlife. Gives an overview of the region's character and history. Tours are: Nevada-Lake Mead, Nevada-Lake Mohave, Arizona-Lake Mead, Arizona-Lake Mohave. These take you to lakeshore beaches and fishing spots, Native American rock art, sites of towns now flooded by the lake, geological oddities, even an historic steamboat race on the Colorado River before the Hoover Dam (was Boulder Dam). Photos, maps, 39 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: SOPM1321 paper$3.95.

LAKE MEAD--HOOVER DAM: the story behind the scenery (AZ/NV). Maxon.
Landscapes, history, engineering of this Arizona recreation area. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations. 1981.
ISBN: 0-916122-61-1. 1981. Second printing. Order #: KCPU4792 paper$8.95.

 

THE McCARTYS--they rode with Butch Cassidy. by E. Richard Churchill.
Records the misdeeds of an exciting and colorful bunch of outlaws through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Oregon. "They were the "Wild Bunch" who terrified the Southwest 1880-90s. Cattle rustling, bank robberies, posse-avoiding, flights, gunfights, prison are all related. Photographs, 44 pages, index. See sample pages.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-913488-02-X. Order #: TIMB0762 paper$3.95.

 

 

MONUMENT VALLEY: the story behind the scenery (AZ). Den Dooven.
The desert landscape of unusual rock formations and story of the past Indian people who have lived there, and of the present ones who still do.  Author's handwritten note on page 7.
ISBN: 978-0-88714-219-2. 2011. Thirteenth printing. Order #: KCPU4975 paper$11.95.

 

 

NAVAJO NATIVE DYES: their preparation and use. Nonabah G. Bryan.
Collection of authentic recipes for rendering dyes from native Southwest plants for dyeing wool for rugs. Includes guide to identifying plants. Plants to use, dyeing wool for Navajo rugs. 36 drawings, 75 pages.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-910584-57-5. Order #: FILT0490 paper$5.00.

 

 

 

NAVAJO TRADER. by Gladwell Richardson.
Author was part of a family of Indian traders and himself spent 40 years on the Navajo Reservation managing posts. Here he describes numerous incidents in the region, including some at Kaibeto, Red Lake, Cameron, and others. Ways of the Indians and of the traders are revealed, as well as the economy of the region, involving sheep-raising, jewelry-making, weaving of rugs, trapping. There are mentions of burial customs and taboos, first hearing of a radio, witchcraft, petroglyphs, government Indian agents, and the scenic desert landscape with its storms and aridity. Photographs, 217 pages.
ISBN: 0-8165-1262-0. 2003. Order #:UARI4440 paper$22.95.

 

THE PAPAGO (Tohono O'odham) and PIMA INDIANS OF ARIZONA. by Ruth M. Underhill.
Noted anthropologist describes everyday life, religion, arts, and government of two Arizona tribes--family life, gods,beliefs, dances, music, making fire, cooking, weaving, marriage, houses, and more.. First published in 1930s. 74 pages, illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 978-0-86541-059-6. Order #:FILT0487 paper$10.95.

 

 

 

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.
Inventory = 90. ISBN: None. 1981.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 illus.
ISBN: None. 1990. Ninth printing. Order #: KCPU4867 paper$8.95.

 

 

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.

 

 

ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF ARIZONA. by Halka Chronic.
Explanation of geologic and landscape history of AZ. Roadside Geology of Arizona made sense of the landscape out the car window from the rise of mountains to the spread of deserts." —Arizona Daily Star. The rise of mountains and the spread of deserts has marked the geologic history of Arizona. Landscapes that we see today are here because of landscapes of the past, and because of tremendous forces deep within the earth, forces that carry continents into collisions and then drag them apart again, forces of heat and pressure and the slow churning boil of the earth's interior. Landscape features result, too, from more comprehensible, more recent forces: the unending attack of water and wind and frost, the building of volcanoes, and the short-term geologic happenings like landslides and rockfalls, earthquakes and floods, and a gopher digging a hole. Illustrated, 335 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87842-147-3. Order #: MOPR0835 paper$20.00.

ROADSIDE HISTORY OF ARIZONA. by Marshall Trimble.
Varied legends, lost-treasure stories, ghost towns, place names, ancient past of byways--aranged along the highways of the state so you can learn of the past as you travel. Illustrated, 480 pages with Arizona chronology, index, and bibliography.
ISBN: 0-87842-198-X. 1994. Order #: MOPR5613 paper$20.00.

 

 

SAGUARO (AZ). by Napier Shelton & Natt Dodge.
National Park Service Handbook to this southern Arizona national monument: relationships among land, climate, plants, wild animals, man in desert environment of Arizona. Tells of Sonoran Desert, rocks as the foundation, plant and animal zones, desert plants, animals and how they survive, and the impact of man. Appendixes give suggested readings, lists of the reptiles and amphibians and of birds and mammals. Color illustrations, map, 104 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00912-4. 1985. Order #: USGB8819 paper$7.50.

SAGUARO: the desert flower book. by Millie Miller with flowers drawn by Millie Miller, Sally King, and Cyndi Nelson..
A couple hundred color drawings and notes on common flowers of Southwest deserts with descriptive notes and common and scientific names, including desert mallow, blazing star, creosote, yucca, desert phlox, paintbrush, barrel cactus, tidy tips, buckhorn cholla, and many more. 68 pages 4" x 6".
Inventory =1. ISBN:0-933472-69-2. 1982. Order #: JOHN3772 paper$5.95

 

SNAKES, TURTLES, & LIZARDS OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION. by Russell K. Grater.
33 species (2 turtles, 15 lizards, 20 snakes)--some poisonous and some not, for Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona and Nevada. Each is illustrated and described for identification purposes plus notes on its habitat and how it "makes its living" in this mainly desert region. Color photos, 48 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-911408-58-4. 1981. /Order #: SOPM9556 paper$19.50.

 

 

SONORAN DESERT: the story behind the scenery. Helms.
Unusual desert landscape and wildlife zone of SW AZ, SE CA, and Baja California--with strange cactus, sand dunes, faulted mountains,and even a seacoast. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations. 1991.
ISBN:0-916122-71-9. 1991. Fourth printing. Order #: KCPU4891 paper$8.95.

 

 

#TACEY CROMWELL. by Richter.
A realistic novel of life in a turn-of-the-century Arizona mining town, portrays an industrial society whose citizens prize wealth and respectability above all else.
ISBN: 0-8263-0631-7. Order #: UNNM3760 paper$6.95.

 

TAPESTRIES IN SAND: the spirit of Indian sandpainting. by David Villasenor.
Legends and meanings of serpents, swastikas, rainbows, other Navajo symbols. Explains the inner meaning of some 30 sandpaintings, such as the Whirling Rainbows, Chiricahua Sun Sandpainting, and Big Thunder.14 color illustrations, 112 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-911010-22-0. Order #: NAGR0948 paper$13.95.

 

TRAIL GUIDE TO FORT BOWIE: Fort Bowie National Historic Site.
Early military fort at Apache Pass in Arizona, from where the Apache Indian Cochise was captured--and escaped. Guide leads to and describes former and still-standing structures and sites of barracks, cemetery, corrals and stables, sutler's store, and more and leads past the location of the 1862 Battle of Apache Pass where California Volunteers marching to aid Union forces fighting Confederates in New Mexico during the Civil War were themselves ambushed by Cochise and Mangas Coloradas and several hundred warriors. Drawings map, 28 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: SOPM2168 paper$3.95.

#TUMACACORI'S YESTERDAYS. Jackson.
ISBN: . Order #: SOPM3457 paper$6.95.

 

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Grand Canyon

 

AMERICA'S GRAND RESORT HOTELS: 80 classic resorts in the United States and Canada. by Rod Fensom.
Features resorts built between 1847-1929 with over 100 rooms each, attractive locations in seashore, mountain, or desert, active guest schedules, longer average stays, and historic atmosphere or design. Chronology of hotel openings from 1776 to 1980. Among them are The Ahwahnee of Yosemite, Old Faithful Inn of Yellowstone, The Sagamore of New York, Skytop Lodge of Pennsylvania, Chateaui Lake Louise of Canada. 100 photos, 224 pages, index. Published by East Woods Press. Condition: uncirculated.
ISBN: 0-88742--022-2. 1985. Order #: GLPE4395 paper$39.00.

 

ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION. McKee.
The geology story of Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert and Grand Canyon. Illustrated, 62 pages.
ISBN: 0-87358-32-2. Order #: NOLA1008 paper$4.95.

 

 

 

BIRDS OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION: an annotated checklist. by Bryan T. Brown, Peter S. Bennett, Steven W. Carothers, Lois T Haight, R. Roy Johnson, & Meribeth M. Riffey.
Overview of bird life in this region of Arizona including Grand Canyon National Park, effects of Glen Canyon dam, species seen--where and when. Table givers list of species with their seasons of occurrence and whether common/uncommon/rare both for localities of the entire Grand Canyon region and also for the inner canyon along the Colorado River. Pertinent notes are given for each species. Grand Canyon Natural History Association Monograph Number 1. References, 50 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1978. Order #: GRCA0573 paper$9.95.

THE ENCHANTED LIGHT: /images of the Grand Canyon. by Barry Thomson.
A pictorial essay of portions of the canyon few get to see. Introductory text describes, with appreciation, aspects of the canyon and its combination of stone, water, light and form that comprise these photographic impressions. The author explores the varying emotional impact being in the canyon has on its visitors, for him he finds it to be his natural habitat. Photographs, 80 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-89734-050-7. 1979. Cover scuffed. Order #: MUNA0914 paper$7.00.

 

GRAND CANYON COUNTRY. by Carlos Elmer.
Tours natural wonders of this Arizona region--the Grand Canyon itself, Havasupai Falls and Indian reservation, Lake Mead, Pipe Spring (Mormon settlement and "fort") in the Arizona Strip north of Grand Canyon. Color photos, 28 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1988. Order #: MAFE4611 paper$4.95.

 

 

GRAND CANYON COUNTRY. by Virginia Clark.
Guide to Grand Canyon National Park and adjacent areas--including Grand Canyon Caverns, Hopi-Navajo lands, Lake Powell area, Meteor Crater, Oak Creek/Sedona, Wupatki, Sunset Crater, Walnut Canyon, Montezuma Castle. Outlines activities, natural features, plants and wildlife, ancient and modern Indian cultures,explorers, river running, geology, and astrogeology of this rich and diverse region. Illustrated, maps, 144 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-931532-21-3. 1986. Order #: WETR5607paper$7.95.

 

 

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK--a photographic and comprehensive guide. by Michael D. Yandell.
Park history from the ancient people of the Colorado Plateau through the conquering Spanish, early exploration and travel on the Colorado River, period of prospectors miners, and artists mysteries and characters of the canyon. Includes the geologic creation of the canyon landscape, scenic scenes and plants and animals of the desert and river region. Sections on scenic viewpoints on the north and south rims, historical maps. Color photos, maps and fold-out map, 122 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: WOWI1808 paper$7.95.

 

 

#GRAND CANYON RAILROAD ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK. Gerber.
Reopened line from Williams, Arizona, to Grand Canyon--history, mileposts, scenery, equipment. Fully illustrated guide to the history, ghost towns, explorations, volcanoes, wildlife, and railroad equipment. Filled with maps and illustrations, a must for railroad buffs. If you are planning to ride the train, be sure to take this with you! Illustrated, 80 pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-44-7. Order #: AMTR3710 paper$5.95.

GRAND CANYON TREKS II. Butchart.
Covers additional areas later included in National park. Illustrated, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-910856-61-3. Order #: LASI0788 paper$3.95.

 

 

 

GRAND CANYON WILDFLOWERS. by Arthur M. Phillips III.
Arranges the flowers of this national park by color--white = yellow red,pink, and blue. for easy identification and describes the species that are found and characteristics to help identify them. Areas where the various species are more likely to be seen are indicated and uses of certain plant parts by humans are told as well as the interactions they have with the region's birds, insects, and mammals. Color photographs, bibliography, glossary, 151 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1979. Order #: GRCA0565 paper$16.95.

GRAND CANYON: a wish you were here book. by Jim Wilson, Lynn Wilson & Jeff Nicholas.
Photographs and poetic captions celebrate this national park's special places. Notes on the photographs add more impressions and descriptions of the features included--with information on historic events that occurred at the scenes, cacti and wildflowers depicted, seasons, river rafting, and more. Includes mailer. 44 color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-959365-04-9. Order #: SIER3955 paper$4.95.

GRAND CANYON: the story behind the scenery (AZ)--paper. Beal.
Canyon origin, fossils, rock formations, inner canyon, exploring, wildlife. 64 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-916122-31-X. 1986. Fourteenth printing. Order #: KCPU4531 paper$8.95.

GRAND CANYON: the story behind the scenery (AZ)--cloth.
ISBN: 0-916122-31-X  1983. Thirteenth printing. Order #: KCPU2577 cloth$15.95.

 

 

GRAND CANYON IN PICTURES: the continuing story (AZ). Connie Rudd.
Landscapes, river carving, boating the inner canyon, wildlife, and more--shown in photography with extended captions. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations, map. 1990
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-87114-046-7 1990. First printing. Order #: KCPU8022 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

GRAND CANYON IN PICTURES: nature's continuing story (AZ). Connie Rudd.
Landscapes, river carving, boating the inner canyon, wildlife, and more--shown in photography with extended captions. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations, map.
ISBN: 0-978-088714-046-4. 2010. Fourteenth printing. Order #: KCPU9125 paper$11.95.

 

 

A GUIDE TO GRAND CANYON VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT. by Timothy Manns.
Gives overview of Grand Canyon history, noting Native Americans of thousands of years ago, Spanish explorers in 1540, European visitors, prospectors, and tourism entrepreneurs. Details the structures of the district: Red Horse Station when canyon visitors came by stagecoach, Bright Angel Trail operated as a toll road, Kolb Studio of photographers who made early Colorado River trip, Lookout Studio of Fred Harvey Company selling photographs and books, pioneer and miner's Buckey O'Nell Cabin, Indian Gardens in the canyon, El Tovar Hotel, Hopi House, Verkamp's Curios, Santa Fe Railway Station, first National Park Service administration building, Mule and Horse Barns. Historical photographs, district map, 24 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: GRCA0568 paper$4.95.

A GUIDE TO HIKING THE INNER CANYON: Grand Canyon National Park. by Scott Thybony.
Permits and reservations are generally required for hiking here, so be sure to update pre-trip. Weather factors are explained, with wide variations from excessive heat in midsummer to dangerous cold in winter. Because of the great elevation difference between the rims and the river, conditions can be very different on a single day and a snowy trail cut as a ledge above an abyss can have its own hazard. History of the trails and the park is given, and wildlife and wildflowers plus geology are explained. 15 trails from both the south rim and north-rim are detailed with maps, lengths, elevations, trail conditions, water sources, and access points. Color photographs, maps, drawings, geologic section of rock formations, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-938216-12-0. 1980. Order #: GRCA0561 paper$5.95.

 

#A GUIDE TO THE GRANDVIEW TRAIL AND HORSESHOE MESA. Good.
Tells mining history and tourism of area in Grand Canyon National park, at points of interest. Photos, 24 pages.
ISBN: 0-938216-24-4. Order #: GRCA6295 paper$3.95.

GUIDE TO THE NORTH KAIBAB TRAIL. by Allen Berkowitz.
Details history of trail and provides mileages from the North Rim trailhead past Roaring Springs, Ribbon Falls, and Phantom Ranch, with the Colorado River crossing and the start of the trail up to the South Rim not far beyond. Section maps give still more detail of trailside features and destinations and include notes on the changing geology as the trail crosses differing rock formations. Wildlife, human history, and the story of ancient Anasazi Indians is also pointed out where pertinent. Location of ranger services is noted. Photographs, maps, drawings, 34 pages.
ISBN: 0-938216-10-4. 1980. Order #: GRCA0563 paper$3.95.

 

 

GUIDE TO THE SOUTH KAIBAB TRAIL by Rose Houk.
Explores the natural history of this trail from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River, developing an understanding and therefore an appreciation of the features to be seen. Sections describe The Rocks, The Desert, and The River with notes about the special character of each including  geology, wildlife, flowers, history , interactions, enjoyment of the scene. And so this is not a trail guide in the usual sense but an interpretation of what can be seen. Fold-out drawings, map, 24 pages.
ISBN: 0-938216-15-5. 1981. Order #: GRCA0569 paper$3.95.

 

 

 

ON FOOT IN THE GRAND CANYON: hiking the trails of the South Rim. by Sharon Spangler.
Guidebook for hikers giving personal accounts of trips on 20 trails that go along the canyon rim or down into the gorge and even to the river. Appendixes give the story of geology with the rock formations explained and of trails data giving mileages of the trails, times required, elevations gained or lost plus trailhead locations. Maps, photos, 200 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87108-790-1. 1989. Order #: PRUE6539 paper$14.95.

 

POWELL'S CANYON VOYAGE. W. L. Rusho.
History of J. W. Powell's first expedition through the Grand Canyon. 44pages, illustrated.
ISBN:0-910584-12-5. Order #: FILT0461 paper$4.00.

 

 

RECOLLECTIONS OF PHANTOM RANCH. by Elizabeth J. Simpson.
A little booklet with a lot of history of the horseback guest inn at the bottom of Grand Canyon in Arizona. Tells of early river explorers, construction projects, trail builders and operators, crossing the Colorado River with a suspension bridge, the CCC era. Provides suggestions and directions for shorter hikes around the ranch vicinity and for full-day hikes as well. Photos, map, 24 pages.
ISBN: None. 1984. Order #: GRCA0570 paper$4.95.

 

 

A SKETCH OF GRAND CANYON PREHISTORY. by Anne Trinkle Jones & Robert C. Euler.
Overview of early native Americans--pottery, dwellings, rock art, foods. Archaeological evidence from caves tells of split-twig figurines made some 3,000 to 4,000 years ago by the people who lived here at that time. Abundant circular stone mounds remain from ancestral mescal roasting  Also tells of the lifeways of more recent inhabitants such as the Tusayan pueblo settlement of about 1150 A.D. on the south canyon rim, of petroglyphs and pottery, and of almost-modern and modern Paiute and Havasupai peoples. Photos, drawings, 15 pages.
ISBN: None 1979. Order #: GRCA0572paper$9.95.

THE TREE ARMY:a pictorial history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 (book). by Stan Cohen.
The New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the life of every American from the time of his inauguration in 1933 down to the present. There is general agreement that one of the best programs—and certainly one that left a remarkable visual legacy of conservation work—was the Civilian Conservation Corps. 8 1/2"x 11", 192 pages, 193 photos.
ISBN: 0-933126-11-5. Order #: PIHI5797 paper$14.95.

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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.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-011-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-011-9. Order #: VIST0011 paper$3.95.



THE BUFFALO. by Colonel Henry Inman with "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
America nearly lost its buffalo (or bison, to be more accurate), but in an early conservation effort a small herd was retained. This has now grown into a sizable population, which recall to us the vast herds that once roamed and even blackened the plains. This story, however, is told by one #who at one point in his career was actively engaged in slaughtering the animals. They were a nuisance that got in the way of the new trains, and, besides, eliminating buffaloes might help in subduing Indians. Life habits of the animal are given as well, and what better way to learn of the place in our history of the buffalo than by reading an account by one of the principals in their history. Reprinted from 1898.
Illustrations are by Frederic Remington and others. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-028-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-028-7. Order #: VIST0028 paper$4.95.

THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO-- the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. by Major John Wesley Powell.
Note the word cañons in the title would today be spelled canyons but we have preserved the usage from the time when this voyage was made and written about by the major himself. From Wyoming, into Colorado, through Utah, to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, and to Nevada--this was the journey of the "Colorado River Exploring Expedition", what Powell called his group of 9 men and 4 boats as they began charting what was the last major unexplored part of the then United States. The trip was not only scientific in its goals, but it naturally became a grand adventure, with two of their party opting to leave the expedition before attempting a furious cascade, only to be killed by Indians. Much of the land and scenery which they drifted or dashed past is today included in national park areas.
Illustrations are by Thomas Moran and others. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-059-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-059-1. Order #: VIST0059 paper$4.95.

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