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"If Flagstaff had an official book the way states have official birds and official trees, that book would have to be "Mountain Town: Flagstaff's First Century," by Platt Cline. The 650-page book offers a definitive history of Flagstaff. For local residents who want to gain some perspective on the evolution of Flagstaff, "Mountain Town" is an excellent place to start" --Daily Sun.
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A refuge for outlaws at the close of the 1800s, the Arizona Territory was a wild, lawless land of greedy feuds, brutal killings and figures of enduring legend. These gunfighters included heroes as well as killers, and some were considered both. Bandit Pearl Hart committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the country, and James Addison Reavis pulled off the most extraordinary real estate scheme in the West. With fearless lawmen like...
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"In Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace, award-winning geographer William Wyckoff celebrates the photographic legacy of Norman Grant Wallace, whose work as an Arizona highway engineer during the first half of the twentieth century afforded him the opportunity to survey every corner of the Grand Canyon State. Possessing a passion for photography, Wallace documented Arizona throughout his travels. From 1906 to 1969 Wallace photographed the state's rural...
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Abdi’s World is a quirky place where the only American distance athlete to qualify for five Olympics shares the stories that shaped his enduring love of running and his laid-back approach to life. Abdi Abdirahman arrived in Tucson, Arizona as a teenager when his family escaped civil war in their home country of Somalia. How the “Black Cactus,” as he is affectionately known, stumbled upon a career as one of the world’s most durable and beloved...
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Growing up can be hard enough, but when you are a teenage girl on the western frontier every day is a lesson in survival. From being held captive by a Native American tribe (like Olive Ann Oatman), to mastering the dangerous business of wrangling cattle (like Edith Jane Bass), Amazing Girls of Arizona captures the remarkable lives of eleven real American girls (all seventeen years old or younger) who were pioneers of their time. Meet Laurette Lovell,...
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"These short biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona span the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighty state in the Union. They capture the emotions, the monumental and often overlooked events, and the prioneering spirit of women whose lives are now part of Arizona history"--Page 4 of cover.
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Sedona, Arizona, one of the most beautiful towns on the planet. A destination known the world over. How did it come to be called Sedona? Learn about the Schnebly family who came to build a life in the Arizona Territory in the early 1900's. Sedona, Arizona is a beautiful town. Equally beautiful is the woman it was named for, Sedona Schnebly.
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From the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it
In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished...
In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished...
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