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First Impressions: A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest (The Lamar Series in Western History)
by David J. Weber, William DeBuys
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Yale University Press, 2017. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, photo plates, maps, and illustrations. 368 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites
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.
Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites
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.
Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
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- Title
- First Impressions: A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest (The Lamar Series in Western History)
- Author
- David J. Weber, William DeBuys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
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- ISBN 10
- 0300215045
- ISBN 13
- 9780300215045
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- Journey, The Lamar Series in Western History, US history, American history, American Southwest, Anthropology, Culture, Travel guide, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Canyon, National Parks, Carlsbad Caverns, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Santa Fe, Ta
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