Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: A Scrapbook [Paperback]

Peggy Pickering Larson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

On Labor Day 1952, the half dozen staff members of the Desert Museum waited nervously to see what Opening Day would bring. Would anyone make the long, hot, dusty drive from Tucson to visit the new museum? To their delight more than a thousand people came that first day. And they have never stopped coming. This visually-exciting new book, written by someone who lived and worked at the Museum during its first two decades, is anything but a dry collection of historical facts. It recounts, in lively prose and vivid photography, 50 years of the personalities (both human and animal), exhibits and events that have made the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum an internationally-recognized, and much-loved, institution. Arizona-SonoraDesert Museum: A Scrapbook profiles an institution whose activities and programs are diverse and far-reaching: world-class exhibitry and environmental interpretation, important scientific research, public outreach and environmental education. But the book also shows the lighter side of the Museum: a director who took scientific notes after being bitten by a Gila monster, a bobcat who became a movie star, a mountain lion who was ticketed for speeding, a bighorn sheep who swallowed time. - Western Book Design & Production Award - Southwest Books of the Year (2003)

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About the Author

Peggy Pickering Larson and her husband Merv, who later became director of the Desert Museum, worked and lived at the Museum beginning in 1953. Peggy, who is a author of a number of books, including The Deserts of the Southwest (Sierra Club Books), is currently the Museum's archivist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press; 1St Edition edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886679207
• ISBN-13: 978-1886679207
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,685,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)