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BACKROADS
New Mexico
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/SB3834. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $50, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU152) |
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Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY
1990
PAPER
289 PAGES
FAVORITE
A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990.
(DES02, $14.95) |
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The Spell of New Mexico
Tony Hillerman
ANTHOLOGY
1984
PAPER
105 PAGES
A selection of 12 thoughtful essays on the New Mexico state of mind by great writers, including C.G. Jung, Mary Austin, D.H. Lawrence and Lawrence Clark Powell. Hillerman succeeds in communicating the lure of the desert Southwest in this wonderful, literate introduction to the state.
(USW134, $14.95) |
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Moon Handbook New Mexico
Zora O'Neill
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
320 PAGES
This practical guide in the Moon series is packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, culture and destinations throughout New Mexico.
(USW613, $17.95) |
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Recreational Map of New Mexico
GTR Mapping
2007
MAP
A very good fold-out map of New Mexico at a scale of 1:800,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads. With mileage chart, index and points of interest. Two Sides. 37x29 inches.
(USW209, $3.95) |
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Bandelier National Monument Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed map of Bandelier National Monument at a scale of 1:29,000.
(USW142, $9.95) |
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Santa Fe Map
Rand McNally Maps
A laminated, fold-up map of Santa Fe, shown at a scale of 1:37,000.
(SWU16, $7.95) |
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Eyewitness Top Ten Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring the best natural and cultural attractions of the region.
(USW482, $14.00) |
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Journey to the High Southwest
Robert Casey
GUIDEBOOK
The best guide to Santa Fe & the Four Corners (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah).
(USW08, $19.95) |
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Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest
Stephen Plog
Amy Elizabeth Grey
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This illustrated introduction provides an in-depth look at the ancient cultures that first inhabited the pueblos and cliff dwellings of the American Southwest. Organized chronologically, it features hundreds of maps, mostly black-and-white photographs and site diagrams
(USW131, $24.95) |
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If Mountains Die, A New Mexico Memoir
John Treadwell Nichols
William Davis
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A visual survey of Taos old from the perspective of a 30-year Taos resident, who's still as in love with the land now as he was when the book was first published in 1979.
(USW216, $19.95) |
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New Mexico, An Interpretive History
Marc Simmons
HISTORY
A history of New Mexico following its path from Spanish conquest to statehood.
(USW219, $15.95) |
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Santa Fe, History of an Ancient City
David Grant Noble
HISTORY
A revised edition of of this classic history of Santa Fe to the mid-nineteenth century, featuring essays by ten scholars and hundreds of archival photographs, drawings and maps.
(SWU15, $19.95) |
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Cities of Gold, A Journey Across the American Southwest in Coronado's Footsteps
Doug Preston
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
On horseback through the American Southwest.
(SWU85, $21.95) |
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Edge of Taos Desert, An Escape to Reality
Mabel Dodge Luhan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
First published in 1937, this story reveals the spiritual awakening the New York socialite experienced through Taos, the Pueblo Indians and Indian Tony Luhan, whom she later married.
(USW127, $21.95) |
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Portrait of an Artist, A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
Laura Lisle
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A comprehensive and insightful biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. Lisle shows how O'Keeffe was both changed and inspired by her Southwestern surroundings.
(USW221, $32.95) |
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
LITERATURE
Based in part on the life of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy, this classic novel of missionary life in New Mexico is rich in the texture of Old Santa Fe and New Mexican landscapes.
(USW79, $12.00) |
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The Great Taos Bank Robbery, And Other Indian Country Affairs
Tony Hillerman
LITERATURE
Nine fast-reading short stories based on daily life in contemporary New Mexico, written by the author of best-selling mysteries set in the Southwest.
(USW132, $13.00) |
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The Laughing Boy
Oliver La Farge
LITERATURE
An ethnographer and archaeologist, La Farge captures the flavor of the landscapes and ways of life in Northern Arizona in the early 20th century in this Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel.
(USW240, $12.95) |
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The Milagro Beanfield War
John Treadwell Nichols
Rini Templeton
LITERATURE
A charming novel about struggles between farmers and water barons in a small New Mexican town. It went from a local favorite to a cult classic to a major motion picture.
(USW222, $18.00) |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah
Peter Alden
FIELD GUIDE
A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the American Southwest.
(SWU14, $19.95) |
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Southwestern Desert Birds
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
A fold-out, laminated guide to the birds of the desert Southwest, with illustrations of almost 150 species. Kids will enjoy this identification guide, too.
(SWU42, $5.95) |
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Southwestern Desert Life
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
A pocket-size, fold-out guide to the life of the desert southwest.
(SWU43, $5.95) |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
David Sibley
FIELD GUIDE
A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird.
(USW418, $19.95) |
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