Chasing Arizona One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State / Ken Lamberton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamberton, Ken, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arizona--Description and travel.

Arizona.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The book is a personal account of the author's year spent 'chasing Arizona' by going to as many places as possible in fifty-two weeks to learn about Arizona's history, symbols, food, people, and quirky customs. It is part travelogue, part history book, part essay collection and covers the whole state from border towns to the Four Corners"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Map of Arizona

The Insanity of Bright Ideas

January: Turquoise

Week 1. Haunted by the Blues

Week 2. Pancho Villa's Ride

Week 3. Wanted Dead and Alive

Week 4. Outnumbered by the Dead

February: Cactus Wren

Week 5. Arizona's Civil War

Week 6. A Taste of History

Week 7. At the Foot of Black Mountain

Week 8. On the Banks of the San Pedro

March: Paloverde

Week 9. High Jinks in the High Desert

Week 10. Roadside Snake Handlers

Week 11. Reshaping the Wild

Week 12. Queen of the Wood

Week 13. Lost Dutchman Hunters

April: Saguaro Blossom

Week 14. A Living Ghost Town's Garden Spot

Week 15. An Arizona Treasure

Week 16. The Last Camp of Hi Jolly

Week 17. Five Old Crabs at the Crossroads

May: Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

Week 18. Fallen from the Sky

Week 19. Digging Graves

Week 20. Pluto Lives Here

Week 21. A Ring of Fire Above the Rim

June: Apache Trout

Week 22. Risen from the Ashes

Week 23. Chasing Gods

Week 24. Chubasco

Week 25. The Great Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly Hunt

Week 26. Chasing the Apache Trout I

July: Arizona Treefrog

Week 27. Chasing the Apache Trout II

Week 28. Wedding Day

Week 29. Hope and Serendipity in Apache Country

Week 30. The Wisdom of Serpents

August: Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

Week 31. Our Lady of the Traveling Cross

Week 32. Chasing the State Butterfly (Again!)

Week 33. Indian Traders and Skinwalkers

Week 34. Getting My Kicks

Week 35. Land of Gorges, People of the Fourth World

September: Petrified Wood

Week 36. Lost in a Vortex

Week 37. Bottle-Shocked I

Week 38. Tripping the Strip

Week 39. It's All About Altitude

October: Ringtail

Week 40. Bottle-Shocked II

Week 41. There's Nothin' Like Mutton

Week 42. The Rise of Arizona Wine.

Week 43. Still a Population of One

November: Bola Tie

Week 44. On the Trail of What's Hot in Mormon Country

Week 45. Three Generations of Baking Thingamajigs

Week 46. A Living Monument

Week 47. On the Road to Arizona's West Coast

Week 48. 3:10 to Yuma by Kayak

December: Colt .45 Single Action Army Revolver

Week 49. Mockingbird Blues

Week 50. The Natural Habitat of Rattlers and Revolvers

Week 51. Arizona's Christmas City

Week 52. Blitzkrieg on the Border

Afterword. New Year's Eve

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"How far would go to experience the place you live?"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3172-2

0-8165-0146-7

OCLC:

899007027