The American Southwest
Subtitle: a guide to the wide open spaces
By: by Natt N. Dodge and Herbert S. Zim. Illus. by Arch and Miriam Hurford.
Contributors: Zim, Herbert Spencer, 1909- joint author.; Hurford, Arch, illus.; Hurford, Miriam, illus.
Series: A Golden regional guide
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Natural history -- Southwest, New -- Guidebooks.; Natural history -- Southwest, New.; Southwest, New -- Guidebooks.; Southwest, New -- Description and travel -- Guides.
First sentence: The Southwest is a region without definite boundaries.
Description: A guidebook to the Southwest, with sections on its Indians, birds, reptiles, insects, mammals, plants, and geology. Includes suggested tours, and a section on "Places to see and things to visit" gives, along with descriptive information, notes on accommodations and routes.
Table of contents: title: Meet the Southwest
pagenum: 4; title: Touring the Southwest
pagenum: 8; title: Indians
pagenum: 17; title: Explorers of the Southwest
pagenum: 40; title: The modern Southwest
pagenum: 44; title: The land and its life zones
pagenum: 50; title: Birds
pagenum: 53; title: Lizards and snakes
pagenum: 60; title: Insects
pagenum: 68; title: Mammals you may meet
pagenum: 71; title: Plants of mountains. mesa and desert
pagenum: 77; title: Geological story of the Southwest
pagenum: 105; title: Places to see and things to do
pagenum: 120; title: Index
pagenum: 157