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Southwest Books of the Year 2010: Top Picks

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Southwest Books of the Year Top Picks are books that were chosen as a favorite by more than one Southwest Books of the Year panelist. Formats other than print are listed below when available for the title.

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A Gift of Angels

A Gift of Angels

The Art of Mission San Xavier Del Bac

by Fontana, Bernard L.

Book - 2010

Some years ago Bernard “Bunny” Fontana wrote what may be the smallest book on a Southwest mission; it was a postage-stamp-sized miniature book on Mission ...Show more Some years ago Bernard “Bunny” Fontana wrote what may be the smallest book on a Southwest mission; it was a postage-stamp-sized miniature book on Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo in Texas. With publication of A Gift of Angels about mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson, he has now written what is arguably the largest book on a Southwest mission and certainly the grandest. The text is splendid, covering statues, paintings, relief sculptures and angels of this 18th century living church. In the color photos, shot by Ed McCain from scaffolds and with special lights, we see this international treasure more clearly than anyone has ever seen it before or will again. --Bill Broyles Also selected by Bruce Dinges, Patricia Etter, David Laird and Margaret Loghry Show less

Some years ago Bernard “Bunny” Fontana wrote what may be the smallest book on a Southwest mission; it was a postage-stamp-sized miniature book on Mission ...Show more Some years ago Bernard “Bunny” Fontana wrote what may be the smallest book on a Southwest mission; it was a postage-stamp-sized miniature book on Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo in Texas. With publication of A Gift of Angels about mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson, he has now written what is arguably the largest book on a Southwest mission and certainly the grandest. The text is splendid, covering statues, paintings, relief sculptures and angels of this 18th century living church. In the color photos, shot by Ed McCain from scaffolds and with special lights, we see this international treasure more clearly than anyone has ever seen it before or will again. --Bill Broyles Also selected by Bruce Dinges, Patricia Etter, David Laird and Margaret Loghry Show less

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Appetite for America

Appetite for America

How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built A Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

by Fried, Stephen

Book - 2010

This biography of Fred Harvey and his company is a very good read. Harvey changed the culture of restaurants that catered to train travelers through his a...Show more This biography of Fred Harvey and his company is a very good read. Harvey changed the culture of restaurants that catered to train travelers through his attention to food and service in what he called a “Harvey Worthy” environment. That environment included using the finest European linens, cutlery and glassware in his legendary establishments along the route of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroads. Also legendary were the famed “Harvey Girls,” created in the belief that women should tend to the restaurants’ customers. This is an enjoyable, detailed, and well-researched history of food and travel through the Southwest! --Patricia Etter Also selected by Bruce Dinges Show less

This biography of Fred Harvey and his company is a very good read. Harvey changed the culture of restaurants that catered to train travelers through his a...Show more This biography of Fred Harvey and his company is a very good read. Harvey changed the culture of restaurants that catered to train travelers through his attention to food and service in what he called a “Harvey Worthy” environment. That environment included using the finest European linens, cutlery and glassware in his legendary establishments along the route of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroads. Also legendary were the famed “Harvey Girls,” created in the belief that women should tend to the restaurants’ customers. This is an enjoyable, detailed, and well-researched history of food and travel through the Southwest! --Patricia Etter Also selected by Bruce Dinges Show less

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Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico

Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico

by Cary, Steven J.

Book - 2009

Open this book at random and you can be sure to find a butterfly ready to fly right off the page. This remarkable publication contains hundreds of photogr...Show more Open this book at random and you can be sure to find a butterfly ready to fly right off the page. This remarkable publication contains hundreds of photographs of every butterfly known to sojourn in New Mexico--some 400 beauties, each one unique. The author provides a map of all the state’s counties, coded for the number of species to be found in each. Included are striking photographs of the terrain preferred by the various species. Also included are a check list, a butterfly glossary, recommended reading, maps, and an index. This is indeed a winner, and one need not leave his armchair to fully enjoy a butterfly hunt. --Patricia Etter Also selected by Bill Broyles Show less

Open this book at random and you can be sure to find a butterfly ready to fly right off the page. This remarkable publication contains hundreds of photogr...Show more Open this book at random and you can be sure to find a butterfly ready to fly right off the page. This remarkable publication contains hundreds of photographs of every butterfly known to sojourn in New Mexico--some 400 beauties, each one unique. The author provides a map of all the state’s counties, coded for the number of species to be found in each. Included are striking photographs of the terrain preferred by the various species. Also included are a check list, a butterfly glossary, recommended reading, maps, and an index. This is indeed a winner, and one need not leave his armchair to fully enjoy a butterfly hunt. --Patricia Etter Also selected by Bill Broyles Show less

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The Death of Josseline

The Death of Josseline

Immigration Stories From the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands

by Regan, Margaret

Book - 2010

Margaret Regan has covered border issues for ten years as a reporter for the Tucson Weekly. She has interviewed crossers, humanitarian rescuers, ranchers,...Show more Margaret Regan has covered border issues for ten years as a reporter for the Tucson Weekly. She has interviewed crossers, humanitarian rescuers, ranchers, and traveled with the Border Patrol. Given her credentials as a journalist, it’s not surprising that she writes economically and clearly. This book delineates the problems and realities of the troubled border. All concerned citizens, should read this collection in order to better understand the issues in the Borderlands today. --Margaret Loghry Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

Margaret Regan has covered border issues for ten years as a reporter for the Tucson Weekly. She has interviewed crossers, humanitarian rescuers, ranchers,...Show more Margaret Regan has covered border issues for ten years as a reporter for the Tucson Weekly. She has interviewed crossers, humanitarian rescuers, ranchers, and traveled with the Border Patrol. Given her credentials as a journalist, it’s not surprising that she writes economically and clearly. This book delineates the problems and realities of the troubled border. All concerned citizens, should read this collection in order to better understand the issues in the Borderlands today. --Margaret Loghry Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

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The Death of Josseline

The Death of Josseline

Immigration Stories From the Arizona Borderlands

by Regan, Margaret

eBook - 2010

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Dreamland

Dreamland

The Way Out of Juárez

by Bowden, Charles

Book - 2010

This is a remarkable collaboration between text and images. Anyone who has read Bowden’s recent books about border issues will find more of his incisive a...Show more This is a remarkable collaboration between text and images. Anyone who has read Bowden’s recent books about border issues will find more of his incisive and personal views and experiences here. Illustrator Briggs uses a technique known as “scratchboard” which gives the visual sense of etchings. Her subjects are sometimes playful, as in her takes on Bowden, but more often depict human beings in terrible distress, reminiscent of the style of Hieronymus Bosch. If I read the title and subtitle correctly, there are only two ways out of modern Juarez: stay high on drugs or die–either by your own hand or someone else’s. An awesome book! --W. David Laird Also selected by Bill Broyles and Bruce Dinges Show less

This is a remarkable collaboration between text and images. Anyone who has read Bowden’s recent books about border issues will find more of his incisive a...Show more This is a remarkable collaboration between text and images. Anyone who has read Bowden’s recent books about border issues will find more of his incisive and personal views and experiences here. Illustrator Briggs uses a technique known as “scratchboard” which gives the visual sense of etchings. Her subjects are sometimes playful, as in her takes on Bowden, but more often depict human beings in terrible distress, reminiscent of the style of Hieronymus Bosch. If I read the title and subtitle correctly, there are only two ways out of modern Juarez: stay high on drugs or die–either by your own hand or someone else’s. An awesome book! --W. David Laird Also selected by Bill Broyles and Bruce Dinges Show less

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Exploring Desert Stone

Exploring Desert Stone

John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado

by Madsen, Steven K.

Book - 2010

Drawing from extensive historical documents and personal trips, Steven Madsen unrolls the first big adventure to explore and record the topography of Cany...Show more Drawing from extensive historical documents and personal trips, Steven Madsen unrolls the first big adventure to explore and record the topography of Canyonlands. The first half of the book narrates the details of the survey, with all of its fascinating characters and descriptions of “new” country, including copies of original maps and landscape sketches. The second half is a bonus: diaries of engineer Charles H. Dimmock and geologist John S. Newberry, a color folio of landscape views from the original report, letters written by Newberry and Frederick W. von Egloffstein, and a back-pocket copy of the survey’s map. This author and publisher have gone the extra mile to produce an exemplary book. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Pat Etter Show less

Drawing from extensive historical documents and personal trips, Steven Madsen unrolls the first big adventure to explore and record the topography of Cany...Show more Drawing from extensive historical documents and personal trips, Steven Madsen unrolls the first big adventure to explore and record the topography of Canyonlands. The first half of the book narrates the details of the survey, with all of its fascinating characters and descriptions of “new” country, including copies of original maps and landscape sketches. The second half is a bonus: diaries of engineer Charles H. Dimmock and geologist John S. Newberry, a color folio of landscape views from the original report, letters written by Newberry and Frederick W. von Egloffstein, and a back-pocket copy of the survey’s map. This author and publisher have gone the extra mile to produce an exemplary book. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Pat Etter Show less

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Hoboes

Hoboes

Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West

by Wyman, Mark

Book - 2010

With railroads came farms – cotton, fruit, grain, vegetables -- and those same rails brought cheap labor needed to work those farms. The workers included ...Show more With railroads came farms – cotton, fruit, grain, vegetables -- and those same rails brought cheap labor needed to work those farms. The workers included migrant hoboes, drifters, Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Mexicans, whose slogan was not “Westward Ho!” but “Al Norte!” They all struggled against bad bosses, hunger, prejudice and poverty. The story is framed as century-old history, but the issues are as modern as today’s newspaper: immigrant labor that is indispensable, but disposable until the next harvest. The book answers a host of questions about Southwest history regarding settlement patterns, labor relations, state politics and regional attitudes. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Patricia Etter Show less

With railroads came farms – cotton, fruit, grain, vegetables -- and those same rails brought cheap labor needed to work those farms. The workers included ...Show more With railroads came farms – cotton, fruit, grain, vegetables -- and those same rails brought cheap labor needed to work those farms. The workers included migrant hoboes, drifters, Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Mexicans, whose slogan was not “Westward Ho!” but “Al Norte!” They all struggled against bad bosses, hunger, prejudice and poverty. The story is framed as century-old history, but the issues are as modern as today’s newspaper: immigrant labor that is indispensable, but disposable until the next harvest. The book answers a host of questions about Southwest history regarding settlement patterns, labor relations, state politics and regional attitudes. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Patricia Etter Show less

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The Life of Maynard Dixon

The Life of Maynard Dixon

by Hagerty, Donald J.

Book - 2010

Dixon was born in California in 1875 and lived there for much of his life, but his heart was in the desert. He often took trips of weeks and months durati...Show more Dixon was born in California in 1875 and lived there for much of his life, but his heart was in the desert. He often took trips of weeks and months duration to New Mexico, Arizona, the Mojave Desert and down into old Mexico. With well-chosen quotes from Dixon’s letters and published writings, Hagerty gives us the whole man with his flaws and his triumphs, his loves and losses, his growth and change. More than 180 reproductions of sketches, paintings and murals are carefully keyed to the text, which is extremely readable yet provides all the documentation to make this a comprehensive scholarly biography. –W. David Laird Also selected by Bill Broyles Show less

Dixon was born in California in 1875 and lived there for much of his life, but his heart was in the desert. He often took trips of weeks and months durati...Show more Dixon was born in California in 1875 and lived there for much of his life, but his heart was in the desert. He often took trips of weeks and months duration to New Mexico, Arizona, the Mojave Desert and down into old Mexico. With well-chosen quotes from Dixon’s letters and published writings, Hagerty gives us the whole man with his flaws and his triumphs, his loves and losses, his growth and change. More than 180 reproductions of sketches, paintings and murals are carefully keyed to the text, which is extremely readable yet provides all the documentation to make this a comprehensive scholarly biography. –W. David Laird Also selected by Bill Broyles Show less

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The Life of Maynard Dixon

The Life of Maynard Dixon

by Hagerty, Donald J.

Book - 2010

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The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

A Novel

by Udall, Brady

Book - 2010

Brady Udall doesn’t shy away from the big questions. In this sprawling novel set in southern Nevada and Utah’s Dixie, the author of the acclaimed The Mira...Show more Brady Udall doesn’t shy away from the big questions. In this sprawling novel set in southern Nevada and Utah’s Dixie, the author of the acclaimed The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint (A Southwest Books of the Year pick in 2001) explores the expansive boundaries of love, the redemptive qualities of grief, and the ineffable comforts of family ties. Golden Richards, a Mormon patriarch haunted by the death of a daughter and beset on all sides by feuding wives and two dozen children, experiences an existential crisis when he falls for the wife of a Las Vegas brothel owner and is confronted by the death of a rebellious son. Writing with his characteristic blend of rollicking humor and gut-wrenching tragedy, Udall paints a memorable portrait of longing and salvation in a world that is at once utterly foreign and achingly familiar. –Bruce Dinges Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

Brady Udall doesn’t shy away from the big questions. In this sprawling novel set in southern Nevada and Utah’s Dixie, the author of the acclaimed The Mira...Show more Brady Udall doesn’t shy away from the big questions. In this sprawling novel set in southern Nevada and Utah’s Dixie, the author of the acclaimed The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint (A Southwest Books of the Year pick in 2001) explores the expansive boundaries of love, the redemptive qualities of grief, and the ineffable comforts of family ties. Golden Richards, a Mormon patriarch haunted by the death of a daughter and beset on all sides by feuding wives and two dozen children, experiences an existential crisis when he falls for the wife of a Las Vegas brothel owner and is confronted by the death of a rebellious son. Writing with his characteristic blend of rollicking humor and gut-wrenching tragedy, Udall paints a memorable portrait of longing and salvation in a world that is at once utterly foreign and achingly familiar. –Bruce Dinges Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

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The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

by Udall, Brady

Downloadable Audiobook - 2011

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The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

by Udall, Brady

Audiobook CD - 2010

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Moctezuma's Table

Moctezuma's Table

Rolando Briseño's Mexican and Chicano Tablescapes

Book - 2010

“Tablescapes” means art of a special kind as Briseno, using acrylics and other colorful media, paints on napkins, tablecloths, dish towels and, occasional...Show more “Tablescapes” means art of a special kind as Briseno, using acrylics and other colorful media, paints on napkins, tablecloths, dish towels and, occasionally, on other surfaces. The images themselves almost always relate to food, such as a three-dimensional rendering of the Alamo in corn dough. Fourteen essays comment upon Briseno’s art, and often on the social-construct of the endeavor as well: what in the world is Briseno up to anyway? A concluding chapter, edited from a lengthy interview of the artist by Cary Cordova, is titled simply “Epilogue–Rolando Briseno: An Artist’s Life.” Every book collection dealing in any manner with contemporary art must own this lavishly illustrated volume. --W. David Laird Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

“Tablescapes” means art of a special kind as Briseno, using acrylics and other colorful media, paints on napkins, tablecloths, dish towels and, occasional...Show more “Tablescapes” means art of a special kind as Briseno, using acrylics and other colorful media, paints on napkins, tablecloths, dish towels and, occasionally, on other surfaces. The images themselves almost always relate to food, such as a three-dimensional rendering of the Alamo in corn dough. Fourteen essays comment upon Briseno’s art, and often on the social-construct of the endeavor as well: what in the world is Briseno up to anyway? A concluding chapter, edited from a lengthy interview of the artist by Cary Cordova, is titled simply “Epilogue–Rolando Briseno: An Artist’s Life.” Every book collection dealing in any manner with contemporary art must own this lavishly illustrated volume. --W. David Laird Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

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Murder City

Murder City

Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

by Bowden, Charles

Book - 2010

The statistics are so mind-numbing – more than 1,600 homicides in 2008 – that it’s virtually impossible to identify the faces of the victims or make sense...Show more The statistics are so mind-numbing – more than 1,600 homicides in 2008 – that it’s virtually impossible to identify the faces of the victims or make sense of what’s happening in Mexico’s sprawling border metropolis. Bowden does both as he guides readers through the city he has called the “laboratory of our future,” seeking out the people (a street preacher, a brutalized Sinaloan beauty queen, a newspaper reporter, and a born-again assassin) who live, and may die, there. In measured prose and with an unflinching eye for detail, this remarkable book paints a disturbing portrait of society on the brink of disintegration and of men and women whose lives, literally and figuratively, are on the line. Here is Bowden, the investigative journalist, at the top of his game. –Bruce Dinges Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

The statistics are so mind-numbing – more than 1,600 homicides in 2008 – that it’s virtually impossible to identify the faces of the victims or make sense...Show more The statistics are so mind-numbing – more than 1,600 homicides in 2008 – that it’s virtually impossible to identify the faces of the victims or make sense of what’s happening in Mexico’s sprawling border metropolis. Bowden does both as he guides readers through the city he has called the “laboratory of our future,” seeking out the people (a street preacher, a brutalized Sinaloan beauty queen, a newspaper reporter, and a born-again assassin) who live, and may die, there. In measured prose and with an unflinching eye for detail, this remarkable book paints a disturbing portrait of society on the brink of disintegration and of men and women whose lives, literally and figuratively, are on the line. Here is Bowden, the investigative journalist, at the top of his game. –Bruce Dinges Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

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Santa Fe Nativa

Santa Fe Nativa

A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing

Book - 2009

Here are wonderful Santa Fe stories written through the ages, each one a gem. Together they celebrate the city’s 400th year and honor its contribution to ...Show more Here are wonderful Santa Fe stories written through the ages, each one a gem. Together they celebrate the city’s 400th year and honor its contribution to the foundations of Nuevomexicano culture, with themes that include observations of change over time, lament for the past, the city’s transformation to a tourist mecca and traditions that have stood the test of time. More than 30 authors contributed stories in English and in Spanish that range from a curandera’s recipe for a lovelorn ex-husband to the romance of the chili pepper, with many delightful stops in between. --Patricia Etter Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

Here are wonderful Santa Fe stories written through the ages, each one a gem. Together they celebrate the city’s 400th year and honor its contribution to ...Show more Here are wonderful Santa Fe stories written through the ages, each one a gem. Together they celebrate the city’s 400th year and honor its contribution to the foundations of Nuevomexicano culture, with themes that include observations of change over time, lament for the past, the city’s transformation to a tourist mecca and traditions that have stood the test of time. More than 30 authors contributed stories in English and in Spanish that range from a curandera’s recipe for a lovelorn ex-husband to the romance of the chili pepper, with many delightful stops in between. --Patricia Etter Also selected by Margaret Loghry Show less

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The Turquoise Ledge

The Turquoise Ledge

by Silko, Leslie Marmon

Book - 2010

Silko writes a memoir fueled by her speedwalks along Tucson Mountain trails near her home. Nature’s plants and critters, weather phenomena and objects fou...Show more Silko writes a memoir fueled by her speedwalks along Tucson Mountain trails near her home. Nature’s plants and critters, weather phenomena and objects found, such as turquoise rocks, become springboards for reminiscences and commentary about life, past and present. This is a book to be savored in small portions, much like the poetry of Emily Dickinson, whom Silko admires. She’s perfectly captured the rhythm of Tucson’s seasons and reverence for its plant and animal inhabitants, and includes the whole universe in her musings. –Margaret Loghry Also selected by Bill Broyles and Bruce Dinges Show less

Silko writes a memoir fueled by her speedwalks along Tucson Mountain trails near her home. Nature’s plants and critters, weather phenomena and objects fou...Show more Silko writes a memoir fueled by her speedwalks along Tucson Mountain trails near her home. Nature’s plants and critters, weather phenomena and objects found, such as turquoise rocks, become springboards for reminiscences and commentary about life, past and present. This is a book to be savored in small portions, much like the poetry of Emily Dickinson, whom Silko admires. She’s perfectly captured the rhythm of Tucson’s seasons and reverence for its plant and animal inhabitants, and includes the whole universe in her musings. –Margaret Loghry Also selected by Bill Broyles and Bruce Dinges Show less

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The Turquoise Ledge

The Turquoise Ledge

A Memoir

by Silko, Leslie Marmon

Downloadable Audiobook - 2011

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We Are An Indian Nation

We Are An Indian Nation

A History of the Hualapai People

by Shepherd, Jeffrey P.

Book - 2010

For too long the Hualapai, a proud people living in northwestern Arizona, have been one of the least visible Native Nations, but their story is that of ma...Show more For too long the Hualapai, a proud people living in northwestern Arizona, have been one of the least visible Native Nations, but their story is that of many First Nations. Historically they battled the US Army pushing them off their lands, eastern settlers grazing their grass and cutting their timber, railroad companies taking their water and Indian agents sending their children to abusive schools, but few outsiders knew or understood them. Shepherd has taken his prodigious research and written a thoroughly readable, balanced book that brings to life the Hualapai and their struggles. This is a major contribution to understanding Arizona’s history, just in time for the state’s centennial. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Patricia Etter Show less

For too long the Hualapai, a proud people living in northwestern Arizona, have been one of the least visible Native Nations, but their story is that of ma...Show more For too long the Hualapai, a proud people living in northwestern Arizona, have been one of the least visible Native Nations, but their story is that of many First Nations. Historically they battled the US Army pushing them off their lands, eastern settlers grazing their grass and cutting their timber, railroad companies taking their water and Indian agents sending their children to abusive schools, but few outsiders knew or understood them. Shepherd has taken his prodigious research and written a thoroughly readable, balanced book that brings to life the Hualapai and their struggles. This is a major contribution to understanding Arizona’s history, just in time for the state’s centennial. –Bill Broyles Also selected by Patricia Etter Show less

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Working the Line

Working the Line

by Taylor, David

Book - 2010

If you haven’t been able to wrap your mind around the explosive US-Mexico borderline, maybe David Taylor’s large photographs will help explain its vastnes...Show more If you haven’t been able to wrap your mind around the explosive US-Mexico borderline, maybe David Taylor’s large photographs will help explain its vastness, dangers and disarming beauty. It should be mandatory reading for anyone who believes a border fence will cure an immigration malady. Taylor walks in the shoes of Border Patrol agents to see the world as they see it --- and live it. He enjoyed access to places that few of us will ever go or dare to go. You may not believe your eyes. Essays by Hannah Frieser and Luis Alberto Urrea complement Taylor’s powerful lens-work. This artful slip-case edition includes a 23-foot-long accordion-fold book of photos as well as a large hard-bound book. –Bill Broyles Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

If you haven’t been able to wrap your mind around the explosive US-Mexico borderline, maybe David Taylor’s large photographs will help explain its vastnes...Show more If you haven’t been able to wrap your mind around the explosive US-Mexico borderline, maybe David Taylor’s large photographs will help explain its vastness, dangers and disarming beauty. It should be mandatory reading for anyone who believes a border fence will cure an immigration malady. Taylor walks in the shoes of Border Patrol agents to see the world as they see it --- and live it. He enjoyed access to places that few of us will ever go or dare to go. You may not believe your eyes. Essays by Hannah Frieser and Luis Alberto Urrea complement Taylor’s powerful lens-work. This artful slip-case edition includes a 23-foot-long accordion-fold book of photos as well as a large hard-bound book. –Bill Broyles Also selected by W. David Laird Show less

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