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Hopi traditional elder Thomas Banyacya once described the American Southwest as "the spiritual center of our continent." Author, photographer, and adventurer John Annerino retraces ancient trails to show us why this is so. Through recent and historical photos, essays, and literary quotes, he takes us across what the Spaniards often feared as despoblados, or uninhabited lands, from Old Mexico to the Four Corners of ancient cities, painted deserts, and trilingual cultural landscapes-some of the most inaccessible land on the continent. Juxtaposed with tales of his own perilous excursions, the book contains oral histories and remarkable images of terrain that few of today's tourists have ever seen. Told from a current point of view, this throwback to the days of Geronimo and Navajo headman Manuelito will appeal to adventurers, historians, and those interested in the mesmerizing mystique of our own American outback.
The Canyon Country of the Southwestern U.S. hosts some of the most
unusual and beautiful landscapes and geography in the world. These
awesome displays of the sculpture-making capabilities of nature are
stunning in their shapes, varieties of color, and the ways in which
they capture the sunlight.
From the supernal peaks of sacred temples to the depths of roaring river rapids, author/photographer/adventurer John Annerino takes us off the Grand Canyon's tourist grid to retrace the footpaths and rough-water passages of its earliest explorers. Spectacular photographs and stories of Annerino's own dicey expeditions in the canyon and on the Colorado River are juxtaposed with historical tales, illustrations, and black-and-white images taken by pioneering photographers. Annerino visits the ancient sites of native peoples who roamed the far corners of this otherworldly abyss, and in vivid prose provides firsthand descriptions of the hidden landscapes explored by Spanish missionaries, scientists, National Geographic Society parties, and women river runners. These trailblazing treks tested their endurance in extreme conditions and, for some, yielded rare plant and animal specimens that were collected for scientific study. Join Annerino on this wild adventure in what National Geographic called the "greatest and most spectacular canyon system on earth."
A stunning collection of unique photographs from America's most
notorious "no-man's land."
"John Annerino is one of a handful of photographers with a real empathy for the West. His work has an edge to it, reflecting the sheer size and power of his subjecta subject he treats with respect and love. This land, which is so much a part of the American psyche...is as raw and exciting in Annerino's work as it is in our mind's eye." -Newsweek Grand Canyon Wild takes you beyond the handful of scenic vistas which have defined the popular concept of the Grand Canyon. A well-known author and photographer of the American West and old Mexico and other coffee table books, Annerino takes you on a visual and spiritual journey down into the land below the canyon's rims. His photos and prose lead into the heart and soul of the canyon, highlighting the historic expeditions, local history, and legends of Native Americans and explorers alike, who bravely lived, and died, within the canyon's perimeters. Full-color throughout, 4 maps, bibliography, notes to photographs.
John Annerino, famed photographer of the Amerian Southwest,
portrays the astonishing beauty of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and
contrasts those with images of the conflict that threatens to
destroy them.
Explore the ancient realm and mysterious secrets hidden within the
forbidden depths of Canyon Country.
In his latest book, John Annerino--famed photographer and writer of
America's desert southwest and old Mexico--went in search of clues
that would unlock the mysteries of places sacred to the native
peoples of the Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, sierra Madre, and
Sonoran Desert. In the land inhabited for millennia by the Hopi,
Navajo, Papago, and Apache--and with the help of native leaders,
who guided him to hallowed, secret places--Annerino scaled
13,000-foot mountain summits and descended into shadowy caves; he
traced the footsteps of legendary warriors to granite strongholds
and traced the handprints of ancient ancestral shamans on cliff
walls. Along the way he chronicled his astonishing pilgrimage,
capturing in remarkable photographs and evocative words a world
that few of us have been privileged to glimpse, let alone partake
in.
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