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First impressions : a reader's journey to iconic places of the American Southwest

Weber, David J., author, DeBuys, William, 1949- author, William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies

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This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System--including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde--to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors' skillful evocation of the region's sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers. Publisher description

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Travel. / Reiseliteratur / Southwestern States Description and travel. / Southwestern States History. / United States Southwestern States. / USA Südweststaaten
• ISBN: 9780300215045

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F786.W364 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE