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Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Desert Southwest
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by Kenneth A. Brown
Sales Rank: 444250
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$6.52
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
Published by: Harper Perennial September 27, 1996
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0060927593
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060927592
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 13.1 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
With its spectacular ancient rock formations, high plateaus and desert valleys, its Native American multistory cliff dwellings, its confluence of Mormon, Spanish, Navajo, Ute, Anglo and other cultures, the Four Corners region?the intersection of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah?is a world unto itself. Nature writer Brown (Cycles of Rock and Water) takes readers on a wondrous odyssey through this sparsely inhabited region in a seamless mix of travelogue, geology, biology and history. He visits the hanging gardens and alcove pine forests hidden in Utah's canyons; takes us into lava fields near the Zuni Mountains; and joins an archeological dig of an ancient village in New Mexico built by Archaic hunters and gatherers perhaps 7000 years ago. We stumble upon rock paintings depicting giant, ghostlike figures and tour pueblos of several hundred rooms built by the Anasazi, a sophisticated people who abandoned their homes some 600 years ago. Brown's reports on Arizona Hopi struggling to preserve traditional ways, on a Spanish village cooperative in New Mexico and on geophysicists' mapping of the Colorado Plateau's paleomagnetic fields inspire awe and reverence for the earth.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
In this masterful tour de force of nature writing, Kenneth Brown explores one of the most awe-inspiring regions on earth -- the Four Corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Weaving together its geological, ecological and human histories, he presents a unique portrait of this ruggedly gorgeous landscape that goes beyond mere description to give readers a true sense of the land in all its richness. Here are rock croppings that are 2 billion years old and broad desert valleys where rivers of lava cooled to form floors of solid rock. Here ancient hunter-gatherers stalked the woolly mammoth, four-story pueblos were carved by the Anasazi from sheer stone cliffs and an ancient midnight Holy Week ceremony is still practiced in a modern Spanish village.
Providing a fresh perspective on a region currently enjoying an upwelling of interest, Four Corners is a fascinating study of one of the world's great wonders -- compelling reading for all science, nature, anthropology and travel aficionados.
Reader Reviews
As a native of Utah and a student of the geology and natural history of the Colorado Plateau, this is without a doubt the best available summary of the fascinating heritage of the Four Corners region. I've read the paperback edition from front to back twice and parts of it three times. I recently managed to find a copy in hard back in excellent condition that I've added to my collection of keepers, and I'll read it again before I make my next trip to southern Utah. It astonishes me that I have yet to find this book at any of the national park bookstores. This book is very highly recommended for anyone with an interest in or planning to visit the most remarkable region of the continental United States. It's a great introduction to so many facets of this awesome area! In my opinion, it communicates the flavor of the country as well as John Wesley Powell's classic documentary of the first formal exploration of the Colorado River. Don't miss this one. Michael Shea, MD
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