Legends Of The American Desert
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Legends Of The American Desert
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Author : Alex Shoumatoff
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2013-07-17
Legends Of The American Desert written by Alex Shoumatoff and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-17 with Nature categories.
For his brilliant reportage ranging from the forested recesses of the Amazon to the manicured lawns of Westchester County, New York, Alex Shoumatoff has won acclaim as one of our most perceptive guides to the oddest corners of the earth. Now, with this book, he takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey into the most complex and myth-laden region of the American landscape and imagination. In this amazing narrative, Shoumatoff records his quest to capture the vast multiplicity of the American Southwest. Beginning with his first trip after college across the desert in a station wagon, some twenty-five years ago, he surveys the boundless variety of people and experiences constituting the place--the idea--that has become America's symbol and last redoubt of the "Other. From the Biosphere to the Mormons, from the deadly world of narcotraffickers to the secret lives of the covertly Jewish conversos, Shoumatoff explores the many alternative states of being who have staked their claim in the Southwest, making it a haven for every brand of refugee, fugitive, and utopian. And as he ventures across time and space, blending many genres--history, anthropology, natural science, to name only a few--he brings us a wealth of information on chile addiction, the diffusion of horses, the formation of the deserts and mountain ranges, the struggles of the Navajo to preserve their culture, and countless other aspects of this place we think we know. Full of profound sympathy and unique insights, Legends of the American Desert is a superbly rich epic of fact and reflection destined to take its place among such classics of regional portraiture as Ian Frazier's Great Plains. Alex Shoumatoff has created an exuberant celebration of a singularly American reality.
Desert Legends
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Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt
Release Date : 1994
Desert Legends written by Gary Paul Nabhan and has been published by Henry Holt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Science categories.
Moving parables and beautiful photographs of the Sonoran Desert on the Mexico-United States border demonstrate and evoke the life that thrives in this apparent wasteland, a place where plants, animals, and people live in true symbiosis.
North American Mythology Of The Mountains And Deserts
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Author : Hartley Burr Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Release Date : 2005-12
North American Mythology Of The Mountains And Deserts written by Hartley Burr Alexander and has been published by Kessinger Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Social Science categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The Telling Distance
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Author : Bruce Berger
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 1991
The Telling Distance written by Bruce Berger and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nature categories.
This collection of 50 essays, winner of the 1990 Western States Book Award, tells of the people, mythsand legends of the American Southwest. An Edward Abbe y with the heart of a poet, Bruce Berger teaches armchair environmentalists and hard-core outdoorsmen alike to tread lightly in the wilderness, with new respect for the odd charm and immense fragility of the planet. Mr. Berger brings the desert to life. --TheNew York Times Book Review. Line drawings.
Desert Oracle
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Author : Ken Layne
language : en
Publisher: MCD
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Desert Oracle written by Ken Layne and has been published by MCD this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Nature categories.
The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.
The Southwest In American Literature And Art
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Author : David Warfield Teague
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1997-10
The Southwest In American Literature And Art written by David Warfield Teague and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
By analyzing ways in which indigenous cultures described the American Southwest, David Teague persuasively argues against the destructive approach that Americans currently take to the region. Included are Native American legends and Spanish and Hispanic literature. As he traces ideas about the desert, Teague shows how literature and art represent the Southwest as a place to be sustained rather than transformed. 14 illustrations.
The Great American Desert Then And Now
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Author : William Eugene Hollon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Great American Desert Then And Now written by William Eugene Hollon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Deserts the West categories.
Desert Spirit Places
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Author : Brad Karelius
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-12-19
Desert Spirit Places written by Brad Karelius and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-19 with Religion categories.
The iconic landscape of the American Southwest reveals the luminescent Mitten rock formations, looming rock arches, and vast sagebrush oceans made vivid and memorable by writer Tony Hillerman, artist Georgia O’Keefe, and director John Ford. Professor Brad Karelius, drawing on forty years of college teaching, will guide you into hidden mysteries of the sacred as revealed by the Zuni, Navajo/Diné, Hopi, Hispanos, and desert mystics as you seek spiritual encounters in these desert spirit places.
The Great American Desert
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Author : Jon Manchip White
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-01-15
The Great American Desert written by Jon Manchip White and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with History categories.
First Published in 1977, The Great American Desert presents a comprehensive overview of the life, history, and landscape of the American Southwest. The Great American desert encompasses the finest land, the biggest Canyon, the highest mountains, the driest deserts, the hottest valley, the oldest towns and the richest mines in the country. Its history is ancient and varied- the Aztec and Mayan civilizations, the Pueblo life, the Spanish and their influence, the Indians and the very type of Southwesterners who have taken up residence during the past century. Jon Manchip White, a Welshman, is one of the region's most recent residents. He has lived there for seven years, look stranger and grown to appreciate it with loving familiarity. He has seen beyond the subtle malignancies of civilization-the billboards, fast food places, tourist traps and the average American’s curious horror of the big outdoors. Indeed, he finds in this finely integrated account of the history and topography of a huge area of land signs that at times nature is winning the fight against man. This book ranges far beyond scenic wonders. The author is equally concerned with men who moved across this spectacular landscape, and who inhabit it now; men famous for a strange diversity of achievement-Coronado and D. H. Lawrence, Geronimo and Billy the Kid, as well as the migrants and desert dwellers of today. This fascinating book is a must read for anyone interested in America’s Southwest.
Travelers Tales American Southwest
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Author : Sean O'Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Release Date : 2001
Travelers Tales American Southwest written by Sean O'Reilly and has been published by Travelers' Tales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Travel categories.
With its vast vistas, splendid sunsets, and rich history, the American Southwest has always inspired superb writing. "Travelers' Tales Southwest" features a choice selection of some of the best by Tony Hillerman, David Roberts, Barbara Kingsolver, Alex Schoumatoff, Terry Tempest Williams, Edward Abbey, and others. Maps.