Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace: Rephotographing the Arizona Landscape

by William Wyckoff

Overview

In Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace, award-winning geographer William Wyckoff celebrates the photographic legacy of Norman Grant Wallace, whose work as an Arizona highway engineer during the first half of the twentieth century afforded him the opportunity to survey every corner of the Grand Canyon State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826361417
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	03/15/2020
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

William Wyckoff is a professor emeritus of geography in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University. He is the author of several books, including Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace: Rephotographing the Arizona Landscape (UNM Press).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Meeting Norman Wallace
Chapter Two. Nature's Palette
Chapter Three. Monuments to History
Chapter Four. Mining's Mark
Chapter Five. Small Towns
Chapter Six. Mother Road
Chapter Seven. Urban Arizona
Chapter Eight. Far Corners

Epilogue
Bibliographic Essay

Editorial Reviews

Armchair travels have taken on an added allure during the pandemic, and this book is worth perusing. It is especially attractive to those who have lived in Arizona or may be considering relocating to the Grand Canyon State.—Rosanne Boyett, Cibola Citizen

Wyckoff has spent his entire career looking carefully, thinking about what he is seeing, and communicating his thoughts in prose that is rich and refreshing, much to the benefit and delight of his readers.—Geoffrey L. Buckley, The AAG Review of Books

Wyckoff has spent his entire career looking carefully, thinking about what he is seeing, and communicating his thoughts in prose that is rich and refreshing, much to the benefit and delight of his readers.—Geoffrey L. Buckley, The AAG Review of Books

William Wyckoff presents a humorous, engaging, and personal remaking of Norman Wallace's photographs documenting Arizona's byways and communities. Given this uniquely descriptive biopic that recontextualizes the photographs made by Wallace, who worked for the Arizona Highway Department and contributed frequently to Arizona Highways, it's time for a between-the-pages road trip!—Peter Goin, coauthor of Time and Time Again: History, Rephotography, and Preservation in the Chaco World

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