Arizona and the Southwest at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections
- by Julie Carleton
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3. Sheridan, Thomas E. Arizona: A History. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. 1995.
University of Arizona ethnologist, Tom Sheridan writes a comprehensive history of Arizona to the present. A richly described bibliography is included.
4. Trimble, Marshall. Arizona: A Cavalcade Of History. Tucson, Arizona: Treasure Chest Publications. 1989.
Yet another comprehensive source on Arizona’s history, written in an uncomplicated style.
Natural History
1. Krutch, Joseph Wood. The Desert Year. New York: Viking Press. 1952.
Written by University of Arizona faculty member and renowned naturalist. This book won the John Burroughs medal in 1954.
2. Powell, John Wesley. Report on the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875.
This book contains the narratives from Powell’s diary of the Smithsonian-led Colorado River Exploration of 1874. This was one of the first expeditions to the Plateau country of Northern Arizona. This is listed in AE Database via the Pilling catalog.
Native Americans
1. Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1907-10.
A comprehensive work, one of the first reference sources on North American Indians. This is included in AE Database via the Streeter catalog.
2. Comfort, Will Levington. Apache. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. [c1931]. Fictional account on Indians of the Southwest. Western writer Frank Dobie states that “Apache (1931) remains for me the most moving and incisive piece of writing on Indians of the Southwest that I have found”2 (Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest)
3. La Farge, Oliver. Laughing Boy. [Boston] Houghton Mifflin Company: 1929.
A fictional account of a Navajo boy. This book won La Farge a Pulitzer Prize in 1930.
4. Spicer, Edward H. Cycles Of Conquest; The Impact Of Spain Mexico And The United States On The Indians Of The Southwest, 1530-1960. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 1962.
Edward Spicer was an expert in his field. This voluminous work covers Indians of New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. It covers all areas of life and culture; economics, linguistics, economics, religion, etc.
2 Frank Dobie. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1952: Chapter 32, page 1.
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