Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year--A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah (Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year) [Paperback]

Ben Guterson (Author)

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From Library Journal

This lastest entry in the "Seasonal Guide" series (Scott Weidensaul's New England & New York, LJ 10/1/93) is a dandy book. Starting with January, it provides just what the subtitle says, but with enthusiasm. Each month includes brief descriptions of four major natural events, sights, gatherings, or views. The information is concise-for those who may already know what they would like to see and just need to know where to go-yet is descriptive enough to entice newcomers to explore. Specific road directions are provided to each location. Each month also includes "short takes," listing one or two additional events; and a "breakout," a section more descriptive of an especially interesting event for that month. Well written and nicely organized, this guide is strongly recommended for regional collections and encouraged for public libraries anywhere. (Index and maps not seen.)-Nancy Moeckel, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, Ohio
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Ben Guterson is a highschool English teacher who lives on the Navajo reservation in northwestern New Mexico. His articles on the outdoors and Southwest culture have appeared in several regional publications, including New Mexico magazine and New Frontiers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (August 31, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555911536
• ISBN-13: 978-1555911539
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,387,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As much fun as going there . . ., November 28, 2000

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Penny Howell (Atherton, CA and Santa Fe, NM) - See all my reviews

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This imaginative book is a lovely introduction to the variety of opportunities in the southwest. Well organized and cross-indexed, it presents an inviting description of not only where, but also when, to find spectacular natural events. The well-written Seasonal Guide is a pleasure to read and indispensable for planning an itinerary.

3.0 out of 5 stars Detailed but Disorganized, August 4, 2010

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This review is from: Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year--A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah (Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year) (Paperback)

Ordered this to prepare for a trip to Tucson, AZ, and found it wasn't a good choice for this use. If you're a naturalist, you'll appreciateit. It offers detailed descriptions, especially about the areas being visited, but the events/animals/flowers etcetera being described were very limited in number.

I used the, "Look Inside" option, but the table of contents didn't adequately describe each chapter. It's arranged by month only, which is annoying, because you have to poke around in the chapter to see if there's anything in the area you're visiting, and not every month had something for every state. It would have been more helpful to have each state as a section, with the months making up the chapters.

The maps are only at the end of the book, which makes it difficult when cross-referencing an area being described. The maps themselves were somewhat useful; places are arranged by number, but the maps themselves are sorely lacking in any detail.

The book could definitely have used color photos to jazz it up - any photos for that matter.

Am keeping it, you never know when it'll come in handy for a report being written by one of the kids, but found it unhelpful for planning our trip.