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Journey to the High Southwest, 8th: A Traveler's Guide to Santa Fe and the Four Corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah

Journey to the High Southwest, 8th: A Traveler's Guide to Santa Fe and the Four Corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
By Robert L. Casey

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The quintessential guidebook to the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, Journey to the High Southwest is both an inspiring armchair read and a practical take-along guide. It offers insight into the history, culture, and geography of the area and all of the detail readers need on driving directions, activities, and attractions.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #382169 in Books
  • Brand: Globe
  • Published on: 2007-01-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 584 pages

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  • ISBN13: 9780762740642
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"I've been prowling around, living in, and writing about the Four Corners states for more than 40 years, and I still find myself learning from Journey to the High Southwest. It's the best guide to this part of the world I've ever seen--and that includes the ones I've written myself."
--Tony Hillerman (praise for a previous edition)


"Quite simply the best guide I've found to the Four Corners. It lists accommodations, shops, restaurants, and information about natural history and geography--everything you need for a memorable visit."
--Martin Rapp, Travel & Leisure (praise for a previous edition)

From the Back Cover

Celebrate the American Southwest with an unforgettable journey through the spectacular Four Corners region. Whether you actually visit this glorious land—where the borders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico converge—or take a virtual tour from the comfort of an easy chair, this highly acclaimed and beautifully written book will inspire and guide you every step of the way.
 
It contains:
Information on the fascinating history, geography, and culture of the region

Touring instructions for numerous trips through Utah’s canyon country, Arizona’s Indian country, Colorado’s frontier towns, and New Mexico’s Spanish Rio Grande communities

Engaging personal narratives that bring the High Southwest to life in vivid detail

Meticulous listings of lodgings, restaurants, shops, outdoor activities, and cultural events

About the Author

Robert L. Casey has traveled the High Southwest for five decades and was a longtime resident of Arizona. He is at work on a Sonoran Desert memoir based on the years he lived in Tucson. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
 
Richard K. Harris has authored more than twenty travel guidebooks. He has been a director and past president of PEN New Mexico, the southwest's largest professional writers' organization, and a director and officer of the New Mexico Book Association. He lives in Santa Fe.

Customer Reviews

My favorite book on this area5
I travel in the region covered by this book a lot; over the years I have bought lots of guidebooks and other books about the area. Journey to the High Southwest remains my absolute favorite.
I do not understand the comment of an earlier reviewer that it does not include helpful "tips" for "trip planning." You might consider supplementing it with a more standard guidebook of the Frommer/Froder variety, but I have used Journey to the High Southwest since our very first trip to the area (early 1990s) and have found it a trove of "useful tips." On that first trip, using this book, I was able, for instance, to plan travel through the Hopi Reservation, where to stay, how to find out about when and where there would be dances, etc. The recommendations of where to stay/where to eat are terrific. (We would never have found our favorite hole-in-the-corner diner in Espanola without this book!) In addition to all the good travel suggestions, it's beautifully written, a mine of information, and a joy to read. I am so happy to find that there is an 8th edition!

A serious traveler's guide5
I was previously a ranger at Mesa Verde. This is without a doubt the best guide to the High Southwest that I've encountered. For years I've recommended this to friends, and each time I've been thanked for giving them an outstanding, wide, yet in-depth, and well written source of critical information about one of the most fascinating areas of our country. From where to go, what to see, and how to understand it -- from history, to geology, to ethnography, and much more -- this is an excellent introduction to the high country of our Southwest.

Essential for the visitor to the Four Corners5
Robert L. Casey's superb guidebook is generally recognized as the best guide to the Four Corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. We've used various editions for several years on our driving and hiking trips. Casey describes his own trips by car, raft and on foot, and his essays give insights into geology, history and culture.

We found him excellent on the ground for Canyonlands, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde, Santa Fe, Taos, Arches, and Canyon de Chelly. His descriptions of Capitol Reef, Sunset Crater, Wupatki, Dead Horse Point, Durango, Silverton, and Telluride are compelling armchair reading. His book is particularly strong on the history and culture of native cultures.

Tony Hillerman, one of my favorite authors on the area, is a powerful advocate for Casey's work: "I've been prowling around, living in, and writing about the Four Corners states for more than 40 years, and I still find myself learning from Journey to the High Southwest. It's the best guide to this part of the world I've ever seen - and that includes ones I've written myself."

Casey provides specific travel information, including Bed & Breakfasts, Crafts shops, Campgrounds, Galleries, Bicycle Rentals, Hotels, Museums, Indian Festivals, Canyon Tours, Hot-Air Balloon Rides, Restaurants, Horseback Riding, Youth Hostels, Concerts, and Rafting Expeditions. This guide is updated every two years or so, but it is always worthwhile to check on the accuracy of current information.

This is a wonderful guide book whether reading at home or visiting the Four Corners.

Robert C. Ross 2008