Customer Reviews

The Mountains Know Arizona: Images of the Land and Stories of Its People

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I live in the world here photographed and elegized, so I've seen a lot of attempts to capture this great land. This is the best. Evocative writing, set against INCREDIBLE photographs. This is truly a must have book. Hats off!

Yes, stupendous, top-notch photography.. but my high expectations from the author Collier, a geologist by training, were dashed against the rocks when I discovered nearly zero geology in the text. Collier wrote A LAND IN MOTION about the San Andreas fault and you'd think he could've included more on a subject near and dear to his heart for Arizona's tectonic history. Yes, there are books out there on Arizona geology, but I'm not sure they contain photos like these. An ARIZONA HIGHWAYS beauty for the coffee table, but also a missed opportunity for Collier.

As a reader who has been reading Arizona Highways for many years (back to the 60s at least) I would offer my opinion that this may be the last, best book published by them (2003) before they radically reduced both the size of the magazine and the excellence of their editorial direction. If a reader wishes to see what the magazine once USED TO BE, buy and read this wonderful book.

The various chapters are listed below:

Introduction

Four Peaks (Standing watch over Phoenix)

White Mountains

Huachuca Mountains

Kofa Mountains

Hualapai Mountains

Navajo Mountain

Chuska and Lukachukai Mountains

Santa Catalina Mountains (my favorite because I know people who reside in this beautiful area of Tucson)

Mount Trumbull and the Uinkaret Mountains

San Francisco Peaks

Not many readers will be disappointed by this colorful, excellent volume. Just a fine book as was Arizona Highways magazine at the time this book was published.

"AZ-Mtns"