Publication: Pine Rim Publishing, 2002, Phoenix
First edition. Quarto. Signed by the editor. Cloth, x, 438 pp., preface, introduction, illustrated, plates, maps, bibliography, photo and illustration credits, index. The author's fifth book on Arizona history. His previous works are THE CROOKED TRAIL TO HOLBROOK, ARIZONA'S GRAHAM TEWSBURY FEUD,BLACK MESA, and CATCH THE STAGE TO PHOENIX. With forty six color photographs and portions of thirty diaries or journals of people who actually crossed Arizona are included to depict how Arizona was perceived from 1699 to 1863. Maps of the region show their routes while pen and ink sketches reveal the person who traveled the route. A beautiful book. As new, in dust jacket.
Inventory Number: 28061