Scenic Driving Arizona, 2nd (Scenic Driving Series) [Paperback]

Stewart M. Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003 | Series: Scenic Driving Series

Take a memorable trip along 30 of Arizona's most spectacular landscapes and natural wonders--the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Monument Valley, and the Sonoran Desert--and enjoy special attractions and historical points along the way.

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From the Back Cover

Pack up the car and enjoy thirty separate drives through the deep canyons, cacti-spotted desert plains, and grassy prairies of Arizona. This indispensable mile-by-mile highway companion maps out day trips that explore the Grand Canyon State. Discover Arizona's multicultural history, geographic diversity, and awe-inspiring scenery along highways and back roads, from the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert to the volcanic White Mountains and the Apache Trail Scenic Byway. Along the way stop and explore the ruins of ancient Indian villages, watery playgrounds such as Lake Mead, the natural delights of national parklands, and the ghost towns and abandoned gold mines of Arizona's pioneer days.
Inside you'll find: individual itineraries from 16 miles to 169 miles in length; in-depth descriptions of attractions along the way; maps outlining each route; historical information and suggested side trips.

About the Author

Freelance outdoor photographer and writer Stewart M. Green is the author of many FalconGuides, including five Scenic Driving titles and four climbing guides. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 2nd edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762727012
• ISBN-13: 978-0762727018
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been a freelance photographer and writer since 1977, based in Colorado Springs and traveling all over the great American West as well as the rest of the United States and the world in search of memorable images and experiences to write about and to lead people toward. Since the mid-1980s I've worked as a contract photographer and writer for FalconGuides/Globe Pequot Press, writing 20 books and photographing a few more.

My books include Rock Climbing Colorado, Rock Climbing Europe, Rock Climbing Utah, Rock Climbing Arizona, Rock Climbing New England, Scenic Driving Colorado, Scenic Driving California, Scenic Driving Arizona, Scenic Driving New England, KNACK Rock Climbing, Best Climbs Moab, Best Climbs Denver and Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park Pocket Guide, and Back Country Byways.

My work has also been published in lots of other national and international publications. I'm also the Guide to Climbing at About.com, a New York Times Company.

Along the way I fathered a couple of amazing kids--Ian and Brett, climbed and adventured in a lot of places that I never could have imagined, and had a lot of fun. I've had my hands and my heart full. I'm grateful for that.

I write and photograph because of what is in front of me, to honor everything beyond in the world which is great, interesting, mysterious, and always changing. To be a writer and photographer is to see newly every day, as if for the first time, the essence that illuminates and lives within the earth. Every subject redefines me and allows me to discover harmony, reconcile disparities and inequities, and to find shape, symmetry, and truth in the chaos of life.

As a writer and photographer I seek to record my life and times, my vision of the world and its natural beauty, its other creatures, and my fellow human beings, and to find affirmation in life through belonging, wholeness, and living. I always think of the reader and the viewer over my shoulder, the person who sees my vision and reinterprets it in his own experience.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good general guide, May 1, 2009

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John D. Mattson "adventure writer" (Nederland, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock Climbing Arizona (Paperback)

Rock Climbing Arizona, like most Falcon guidebooks is a good general guidebook. It documents most of the many climbing areas in the state, and has pretty good descriptions of many of the classic routes. It also covers some areas that were previously undocumented. This guide is the perfect book for someone who is traveling through the state and wants to explore some new areas. It does lack many details and routes, so most climbers will probably end up purchasing other guidebooks for select areas.Dancing on the Edge of an Endangered Planet