Awesome Arizona

Author : Roger Naylor
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780826364586

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Awesome Arizona by Roger Naylor Pdf

Which state has the most national monuments? Where in America can you find one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Where is the largest contiguous forest of ponderosa pine? In Awesome Arizona, Roger Naylor, “the Dean of Arizona Travel Writers,” has amassed 200 amazing facts and fascinating commentary about his beloved state. This is the fast-paced, funny encyclopedia that lovers of Arizona have been craving. Awesome Arizona captures the essence of the sixth-largest state, from its rowdy past to its epic landscape bulging with mountains, slashed by canyons, and blown apart by volcanoes. Learn about trees that once shaded dinosaurs, the West’s most legendary gunfight, the world’s largest antique, the best-preserved meteor crater on earth, where the post office still delivers mail by mule, the longest poker game in history, how Arizona saved the unicorn, and so much more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1565795237

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Awesome Arizona Places for Curious Kids by Anonim Pdf

In Awesome Arizona Places for Curious Kids, authors Diane T. Liggett and James A. Mack reveal the most interesting and unusual kid-friendly destinations in the Grand Canyon State. This guide features 20 destinations for family fun, adventure, and learning. Visit the still-active 1990s Hubbell Trading Post, watch condors ride warm thermals at the rim of the Grand Canyon, or walk among more than 250 of history's most important aircraft at the Pima Air & Space Museum. Colorful photographs illustrate what awaits at your destination. With spectacular scenery, including the largest American Indian reservation, and a history that goes back thousands of years, Arizona is filled with awesome places to visit. User-friendly symbols introduce you to facts about geology, ancient history, wildlife, and more, making your vacation a fun learning experience. As you travel Arizona's unforgettable roads of exploration, Awesome Arizona Places for Curious Kids is your ultimate family adventure-planning guide. Book jacket.

Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780635083913

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The Awesome Arizona Coloring Book! by Carole Marsh Pdf

The reproducible coloring book includes pictures of characters, places, facts, and fun. The kids can color their way around your state while learning new facts. Great for school, home or on the road.

Author : Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher : Cultural-Insight Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780914778714

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Amazing Arizona! by Boye Lafayette De Mente Pdf

Arizona is unique among American states, not only in its geography and geology but also in the diversity of its climate, in its indigenous animal and plant life, and in the history of its first inhabitants-communities of Indians whose ancestors arrived on the scene more than 20,000 years ago. Arizona is also the youngest of the contiguous mainland states of America...precisely because of these very same factors. Its climate, geography and Indian tribes were major barriers that prevented the territory from becoming widely populated by the Spanish, Mexicans and early European-Americans, and from being used as a cross-roads by American fur/pelt trappers, gold prospectors and settlers who began pushing west in the mid-1800s. Now, it is exactly these same factors that make Arizona a great place to live as well as a world-famous travel destination. The stories of how Arizona finally became what it is today are as amazing as the lay and the beauty of the land. Great background reading for residents and visitors alike, and an ideal gift.

Author : Roger Naylor
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780826359278

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Arizona's Scenic Roads and Hikes by Roger Naylor Pdf

In this captivating new guide Roger Naylor features all twenty-seven of Arizona's state-designated scenic and historic roads, including five National Scenic Byways.

Author : Linda Gordon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674061712

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The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon Pdf

In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction tells this disturbing and dramatic tale to illuminate the creation of racial boundaries along the Mexican border. Clifton/Morenci, Arizona, was a "wild West" boomtown, where the mines and smelters pulled in thousands of Mexican immigrant workers. Racial walls hardened as the mines became big business and whiteness became a marker of superiority. These already volatile race and class relations produced passions that erupted in the "orphan incident." To the Anglos of Clifton/Morenci, placing a white child with a Mexican family was tantamount to child abuse, and they saw their kidnapping as a rescue. Women initiated both sides of this confrontation. Mexican women agreed to take in these orphans, both serving their church and asserting a maternal prerogative; Anglo women believed they had to "save" the orphans, and they organized a vigilante squad to do it. In retelling this nearly forgotten piece of American history, Linda Gordon brilliantly recreates and dissects the tangled intersection of family and racial values, in a gripping story that resonates with today's conflicts over the "best interests of the child."

Author : Melody Bober
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781470616212

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Amazing Arizona! by Melody Bober Pdf

Just a few of the wonderful sights to see in Arizona are represented in this suite. Amazing Arizona!, the first movement, is a tribute to the state as a whole with its grand and majestic sound. The second movement, Painted Desert Jazz, paints the colors of the desert with a blues-like improvisation. Sounds of the Petrified Forest, the third movement, creates a mysterious sound with open fifths and chromatic scales, all in a minor key. Grand Canyon Rag, the final movement, sounds and feels like a classic Scott Joplin rag and has an energetic, joyful sound.

Author : Roger Naylor
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780826359285

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Arizona State Parks by Roger Naylor Pdf

In this guide we join travel writer Roger Naylor as he takes us through the state parks of this amazing region.

Author : Eric Magrane,Christopher Cokinos
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780816531233

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The Sonoran Desert by Eric Magrane,Christopher Cokinos Pdf

Desert cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii - Simmons B. Buntin

Author : Gloria Houston
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0780772652

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My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston Pdf

An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

Author : Jennifer L. Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Phoenix (Ariz.)
ISBN : 0964288109

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Great Things to Do by Jennifer L. Martin Pdf

Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0793398495

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The Cool Arizona Coloring Book by Carole Marsh Pdf

The reproducible coloring book includes pictures of characters, places, facts, and fun. The kids can color their way around your state while learning new facts. Great for school, home or on the road.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021186528

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RailNews by Anonim Pdf

Author : Val Landi
Publisher : Bantam Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0553012320

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Bantam Great Outdoors Vacation and Lodging Guide by Val Landi Pdf

Author : H M Gousha,H. M. Gousha Staff
Publisher : H. M. Gousha Maps & Atlases
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0671500589

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50 Scenic Diversions by H M Gousha,H. M. Gousha Staff Pdf