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Legends of the American Desert: Sojourns in the Greater Southwest
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Title: Legends of the American Desert: Sojourns in the Greater Southwest
Author: Alex Shoumatoff
ISBN: 9780394569154
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 533
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In this narrative, Shoumatoff records his quest to capture the vast multiplicity of the American Southwest. Beginning with his first trip after college across the desert in a station wagon, some twenty-five years ago, be surveys the boundless variety of people and experiences constituting the place - the idea - that has become America's symbol and last redoubt of the "Other." From the Biosphere to the Mormons, from the deadly world of narco-traffickers to the secret lives of the covertly Jewish conversos, Shoumatoff explores the many alternative states of being who have staked their claim in the Southwest, making it a haven for every brand of refugee, fugitive, and utopian. And as he ventures across time and space, blending many genres - history, anthropology, natural science, to name only a few - he brings us a wealth of information on chile addiction, the diffusion of horses, the formation of the deserts and mountain ranges, the struggles of the Navajo to preserve their culture, and countless other aspects of this place we think we know.
Author: Alex Shoumatoff
ISBN: 9780394569154
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 533
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In this narrative, Shoumatoff records his quest to capture the vast multiplicity of the American Southwest. Beginning with his first trip after college across the desert in a station wagon, some twenty-five years ago, be surveys the boundless variety of people and experiences constituting the place - the idea - that has become America's symbol and last redoubt of the "Other." From the Biosphere to the Mormons, from the deadly world of narco-traffickers to the secret lives of the covertly Jewish conversos, Shoumatoff explores the many alternative states of being who have staked their claim in the Southwest, making it a haven for every brand of refugee, fugitive, and utopian. And as he ventures across time and space, blending many genres - history, anthropology, natural science, to name only a few - he brings us a wealth of information on chile addiction, the diffusion of horses, the formation of the deserts and mountain ranges, the struggles of the Navajo to preserve their culture, and countless other aspects of this place we think we know.
