National Geographic Destinations: The American Southwest
by Bruce Dale, Jake Page
National Geographic Destinations
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An illustrated account of the natural beauties of the American Southwest.Tags
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This book is a cohesive and concise introduction to the American Southwest through its history, geography, and culture. Well-written and well-edited, readers are as likely to find a typo or grammar error in this book as in any other NGS publication (I have yet to find one). The beautiful photography is as comprehensive as any NGS article - from grand vistas to tight macros, landscapes, machinery, people, flowers, bombs...
The author defined the Southwest as the drainages and tributaries of the Colorado and Rio Grand Rivers. This area covers Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah and includes parts of California, Texas and Nevada.
I bought this series when it came out in the mid-90's and finally have a chance to read through it. The show more first book I chose wasn't quite up to par, but this is a solid book. show less
The author defined the Southwest as the drainages and tributaries of the Colorado and Rio Grand Rivers. This area covers Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah and includes parts of California, Texas and Nevada.
I bought this series when it came out in the mid-90's and finally have a chance to read through it. The show more first book I chose wasn't quite up to par, but this is a solid book. show less
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Jake Page was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 24, 1936. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1958 and a master's degree from the Graduate Institute of Book Publishing at New York University in 1960. He worked for Doubleday as an editor of Anchor Books. In 1962, he was put in charge of Natural History Press, which show more also gave him responsibility for Natural History magazine. He eventually took the job of science content editor for Smithsonian magazine. He also wrote a monthly science column for the magazine entitled Phenomena, Comment and Notes. His columns for Smithsonian and Science were collected in Pastorale: A Natural History of Sorts and Songs to Birds. He wrote dozens of books on the wonders of science including earthquakes, dinosaurs, arctic exploration, zoos, and the languages of cats and dogs. He then turned his attention to the Indians of the American Southwest. He retired from Smithsonian magazine in the late 1970s to help photographer Susanne Anderson on a book documenting the Hopi tribe. Hopi was published in 1982 and followed by Navajo in 1995. His other books include Lords of the Air: The Smithsonian Book of Birds written with Eugene S. Morton, The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science written with Charles B. Officer, The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery written with J. M. Adovasio, In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians, and Uprising: The Pueblo Indians and the First American War for Religious Freedom. He also wrote five mystery novels including The Stolen Gods and The Lethal Partner. He died from vascular disease on February 10, 2016 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- National Geographic Destinations: The American Southwest
- Important places
- American Southwest
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 979 — History & geography History of North America Great Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States
- LCC
- F787 .P34 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.40)
- Languages
- English
- Media
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- ISBNs
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