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Wild and Beautiful: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark A. Taylor
Creator: Anselm Spring
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1166342
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 127
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0879058579
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9252
EAN: 9780879058579
ASIN: 0879058579
Publication Date: September 1, 1998
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Condition: Visible seam inside back cover where glued. Pages and spine good Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain library markings; 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
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 A magnificent book about a little-known area. April 30, 2008
Jerald R Lovell (Clinton Township, Michigan United States)
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument comprises a large area of Southern Utah, west of the Colorado River and Lake Powell. Easily worthy of a national park status, the monument was created from BLM lands by President Clinton in 1996. At present, the monument has very few paved roads, and this writer hopes that it stays in that condition. This fabulous book demonstrates why.
The present work is just simply the finest photographic essay I have seen on the monument, and is one of the very best on any area of the West. The pictures are uniformly displayed in excellent, clear color and quality, and readily demonstrate the beauty and grandeur of the countless hoodoos, arches, slot canyons, qnd other geological marvels that festoon the entire region.
A sparse, but very informative, well-written text discusses what the skilled photography highlights. Plainly, areas like this monument might be explored every day for a lifetime, and the same sight never seen twice. It is that good.
Kudoes to the author and photographer. They have produced an absolute masterpiece about a place that was saved for all of us just in the nick of time. If only the same had happened in Glen Canyon, but that is the subject of another book and review. What is portrayed here may be one of the most outstanding natural areas left anywhere.
The book is an an absolute jewel. Buy it, and love it. My recommendation is off the scale
Wild and Beautiful January 16, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Unlike the previous review, the book contains excellent photographs but superb essays by Taylor. Taylor is no Abbey wannabe, in his own right he is a more accomplished essayist, book author and magazine editor. The essays are personal, intimate and written by someone who knows the land better than 99% of reviewers. His book sandstone sunsets won critics acclaim and was named best contemporary non fiction book of the year by the Western Writers of America.
 Great photos, pretentious text. January 11, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If anyone is curious to see what the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument looks like, Anselm Spring's photos are terrific! However, Mark Taylor is a pretentious Edward Abbey wannabe. All in all, a nice coffee table book though.
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