Photographs made for sales promotions of railroad travel through the Southwest in the early twentieth century by the Santa Fe Railway.

Discover spicy reds, cool greens, and vibrant blues with each turn of the page. Nature photographer Gavriel Jecan and author Andrea Helman present "Southwest Colors" in all it blossoming and bountiful beauty. Mammals, insects, landscapes, plants, and birds all visually illustrate the bursts of color that are the Southwest. Jecan and Helman present stunning images and informative, engaging text for a broad age group.

The author's photographs celebrate the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, their daily lives, the spirituality that shapes their existence, and the beautiful lands they hold sacred. For the author, who is one of the Southwest's finest photographer/writers, recording the traditional ways of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico has been a lifelong commitment. She is the only photographer to date who has been allowed to take pictures in all 19 New Mexico Pueblos....

Traditions that began ten thousand years ago have survived and remain vital in the lives of the descendants of these ancient people. People of Legend surveys the terrain inhabited by each of six principal tribal groups, relates their creation myths and the history of their conquest, and presents a portfolio of 87 stunning photographs of the landscapes and peoples in the heartland of Native America. In southeastern Arizona, Annerino visits the Apache...

"In the early years of this century, William Pennington and Lisle Updike roamed the Four Corners area of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, photographing people and landscapes. They traveled on horseback, by narrow gauge railroad, horse-drawn wagon, or Model T Fords, sometimes working together from the studio they shared in Durango, sometimes working alone. They went to mining camps in the nearby San Juan Mountains as well as to the Navajo,...