Tucson, the Life and Times of an American City
Norman; (1982): University of Oklahoma Press. First Edition. Small Quarto. Item #023279
369pp., Illustrated with photographic images. This is the first comprehensive history of a unique America, a city with its roots in Indian and Spanish colonial history. It was an oasis far from other Indian cultural centers a thousand years ago. It was a remote outpost in 1776, when the Spaniards found a presidio there. The author says that one fact is too often overlooked: Deserts were not made for people. In the early days of Tucson, the environment made it hard to survive. Today, their successors live in what is essentially an artificial environment, using their natural resources as if they were inexhaustible, for Tucson depends entirely on underground sources. Bound in yellow cloth, spine lettering copper, a fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket.
Price: $50.00