Details

Subject(s)

• Deserts—Southwestern States—History [Browse]
• Landscapes—Southwestern States—History [Browse]
• Southwestern States—Civilization [Browse]
• Southwestern States—History [Browse]
• Deserts—Southwestern States [Browse]
• Landscapes—Southwestern States [Browse]

Series

Routledge revivals [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Notes

Includes index.

ISBN

• 9781032667263 (hardcover)
• 1032667265 (hardcover)

OCLC

1392163560

Other standard number

CIPO000019900

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