Guides: Alumni Travel Reading 2018-2019: Mighty 5: Bryce, Zion, Arches, Canyonland and Beyond

Art and Archaeology

Southwestern Pottery by Allan Hayes; John Blom (Photographer)
Call Number: Museum Library E78.S7 H39 1996
ISBN: 0873586638
Publication Date: 1997
An art book, a history book, and a reference book showcasing more than 1,100 pots. There isn't a more complete southwestern pottery guide.
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest by David Grant Noble
Call Number: Museum Library E78.S7 N63 1991
ISBN: 0873585305
Publication Date: 2000
No region of this continent and few areas in the world can boast a collection of archaeological ruins equal to that of the American Southwest. An indispensable guide to over fifty sites throughout the region,
Living the Ancient Southwest by David Grant Noble
ISBN: 9781938645464
Publication Date: 2014
This collection consists of essays by archaeologists, anthropologists, and writers on topics such as rock art, architecture, ceramics, religion, and everyday life of different prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Southwest U.S
The Lost World of the Old Ones by David Roberts
Call Number: Museum Library E99.P9 R5375 2015
ISBN: 9780393241624
Publication Date: 2015
Travel writer David Roberts recounts his research into the Ancestral Puebloans, Navajo, and Comanche through exploration of sites, some remote and hard to access, in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. This is an updated version of his popular, In Search of the Old Ones, first published in 1996.
Indian Rock Art of the Southwest by Polly Schaafsma
ISBN: 9780826309136
Publication Date: 1986
Although decades old, this well-illustrated book remains one of the best introductions to the subject by one of the nation’s foremost experts.
Guide to Rock Art of the Utah Region: Sites With Public Access by Dennis Slifer
ISBN: 9781580960090
Publication Date: 2000
Describes more than fifty sites with public access in Utah, the Arizona strip, southern Nevada, and the western edge of Colorado.
Ute Indian Arts and Culture: From Prehistory to the New Millennium by William Wroth
ISBN: 9780916537128
Publication Date: 2000
The essays collected here are contributed by Ute cultural leaders and by other scholars; they reveal the richness of Ute material culture, heretofore almost unknown, in groundbreaking studies of Ute prehistory, history, world view, culture, and art. The book is illustrated with color photographs of 139 historic artifacts and over 40 contemporary works, as well as numerous historic photographs of Ute life.

Geology, Flora, and Fauna for the Naturalist

National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Southwestern States by National Audubon Society Staff; Peter Alden
ISBN: 9780679446804
Publication Date: 1999
The most comprehensive field guide available to the flora and fauna of the American Southwest. This essential companion for visitors and residents alike is the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers.
Geology Unfolded by Thomas H. Morris
ISBN: 9780842527668
Publication Date: 2010
A illustrated guide to the geology of Utah's National Parks including: Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Zion National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Birds of Utah Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
ISBN: 9781591930198
Publication Date: 2003
A number of books and small pamphlets on birding in this region are available, but Stan Tekiela’s state-by-state guides are easy for the beginning birder to use.
Roadside Geology of Utah by Felicie Williams; Lucy Chronic; Halka Chronic
Call Number: Van Pelt Library QE169 .C48 1990
ISBN: 9780878426188
Publication Date: 2014
This is a full-color, updated version of the popular Roadside Geology of Utah. From its spectacular red rock country, to the immense Great Basin, to its high Rocky Mountains, Utah offers spectacular geology to explore and understand.
Utah Nature Set by James Kavanagh; Waterford Press Staff; Raymond Leung (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620051696
Publication Date: 2017
Laminated folded pamphlets are excellent lightweight and space-saving options for the amateur naturalist. The pamphlets, which make up this set, are also available for sale individually.

Breathtaking Views

"Along the Scenic Drive" by Maureen
used under a CC BY 2.0 Attribution 2.0 Generic License

Bryce Canyon 8 by Ian Bruce
used under a CC BY 2.0 Attribution 2.0 Generic License

Angels Landing, Zion National Park by Niklas Tenhaef
used under a CC BY 2.0 Attribution 2.0 Generic License

Zion National Park

Zion Narrow in Zion National Park by National Geographic

Travel Guides

Moon Zion & Bryce: Including Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase-Escalante & Moab by W.C.McRae
ISBN: 9781631215001
Publication Date: 2017
Moon Guides are also available for specific parks featured on this trip and for the state of Utah as a whole: W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell, Moon Utah, ISBN 9781631215025.
The National Parks of Utah: Zion, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef by Nicky Leach and Jeff Nicholas
Publication Date: 2004
Although this publication does not contain much information for the independent traveler, it is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the national parks on this trip.

Bibliographer

Selected and Annotated By:

Deborah Stewart
Head, John & Ada Lewish Museum Library
browndeb@upenn.edu

Annotated by:

Emily Benenhaley
Administrative Assistant

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New Discoveries

From National Geographic Dinosaur 101: "Spectacular Armored Dinosaur Found in Imperiled National Monument"

From National Geographic Travel: 'Utah's Mighty Five' National Parks

Contemporary Utahns

Spider Woman Walks This Land by Kelli Carmean
Call Number: Van Pelt Library E99.N3 C344 2002
ISBN: 9780759102446
Publication Date: 2002
Carmean's book focuses on traditional cultural properties and resource management among native people in the United States. She examines the specific geographical locations and landforms that contain significant cultural and religious meaning to the Navajo people.
Navajo Land, Navajo Culture by Robert S. McPherson
Call Number: Van Pelt Library E99.N3 M5158 2001
ISBN: 9780806134109
Publication Date: 2003
Robert S. McPherson presents an intimate history of the Diné, or Navajo people, of southeastern Utah. By incorporating Native voices, the author shows how the Diné's culture and economy have both persisted and changed during the twentieth century.
Navajo Tradition, Mormon Life by Robert S. McPherson; Jim Dandy; Sarah E. Burak
Call Number: Van Pelt Library BX8695.D36 M37 2012
ISBN: 9781607811947
Publication Date: 2012
This autobiography follows Jim Dandy, born in the early 1940s in the Northern Arizona desert to the traditions of the Navajo people, until he then became a member of the Morman Church.
Navajo Lifeways by Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Call Number: Van Pelt E99.N3 S358 2001
ISBN: 9780806143699
Publication Date: 2013
Through extensive interviews, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz allows Navajo to speak for themselves on the ways they find to respond to crises and chronic issues. In capturing what Navajo say and think about themselves, Schwarz presents this southwestern people's perceptions, values, and sense of place in the world.
Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner; Richard W. Etulain (Introduction by)
Call Number: Van Pelt F826 .S75 1981
ISBN: 9780803293052
Publication Date: 2003
Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, Mormons migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country: a wasteland made green. The story of Mormon country is one of self-sacrifice and labor spent in the search for an ideal in the most forbidding territory of the American West.
We Will Secure Our Future by Peterson Zah; Peter Iverson
Call Number: Museum Library E99.N3 Z34 2012
ISBN: 9780816502479
Publication Date: 2012
Part autobiography, part interview, and part conversation, Zah and Iverson's account touches on a wide range of overlapping topics, but two central themes prevail: education and empowerment. We Will Secure Our Future is a fascinating look into the life of a man who became a respected visionary and passionate advocate for his people.

History

Utah by Thomas G. Alexander
Call Number: Van Pelt Library F826 .A43 1995
ISBN: 9781586852627
Publication Date: 2003 (new edition)
Thomas G. Alexander tells the story of the Beehive State in Utah, "The Right Place," a Utah Statehood Centennial Project of the Utah State Historical Society was originally published in 1995. This newly updated and revised edition is provides a "comprehensive" historical Utah experience. With current information on recent political and economic changes.
Violence over the Land by Ned Blackhawk
Call Number: Van Pelt Library E78.G67 B53 2006
ISBN: 9780674022904
Publication Date: 2006
In this text that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and eastern California, Ned Blackhawk places native peoples at the center of a dynamic and complex story. He chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.
On Zion's Mount by Jared Farmer
Call Number: Van Pelt Library F832.U8 F37 2008
ISBN: 9780674027671
Publication Date: 2008
This study looks at the curious shift that occurred once Mormon settlers displaced the native Indians from their landmark, Utah lake.
The Awkward State of Utah by Charles S. Peterson; Brian Q. Cannon
Call Number: Van Pelt F826 .P48 2015
ISBN: 9781607814214
Publication Date: 2015
This book interprets the profound changes that occurred during the half century between statehood in 1896 and the end of World War II in 1945, revealing the impacts on both institutions and ordinary people in Utah. The authors incorporate fresh archival sources, new oral histories, and hundreds of scholarly articles and books as they narrate the story of Utah's crucial formative years.
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell; Wallace Stegner (Introduction by); John Wesley Powell
ISBN: 9780142437520
Publication Date: 2003
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) is celebrated as the first explorer of the Colorado River, founder and first director of the Smithsonian Institute’s Bureau of Ethnology, second director of the US Geological Survey, and a fierce champion of land preservation and conservation of the West. This is the firsthand account of his explorations of the Green River, Colorado River, and Grand Canyon during the years 1869 through 1871.

Literature and Fiction

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey; Peter Parnall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Van Pelt PS3551.B2 Z463 1988
ISBN: 9780671695880
Publication Date: 1990
This passion filled, moving autobiographical work is a collection of vignettes about life in the wilderness and the nature of the desert itself by park ranger and conservationist, Edward Abbey. The book details the unique adventures and conflicts the author faces. Desert Solitaire is not only a collection of stories, but a philosophical memoir.
Silver Canyon by Louis L'Amour
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PS3523.A446 S54 1981
ISBN: 9780553247435
Publication Date: 1957
Louis L'Amour, an iconic novelist in the Western genre, set this novel in south-central Utah Territory. Mystery fans might also enjoy one of the many Tony Hillerman novels (for example, A Thief of Time (1988), those of Nevada Barr (in particular, The Rope (2012)), or Rich Curtin (for example, Artifacts of Death (2011)) which feature sites on the trip.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PS3513.R6545 R5 1995
ISBN: 9781619492578
Publication Date: 2012
Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several "Gentile" gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand. This novel is set in Utah during the nineteenth century. It offers an early critique on the practice of polygamy in the Old West.

Perspective on Public Lands

Edge of Morning by Jacqueline Keeler (Editor)
ISBN: 9781937226718
Publication Date: 2017
In support of tribal efforts to protect the Bears Ears, Native writers bear testimony to the fragile and essential nature of this sacred landscape in America's remote red rock country. Through poem and essay, these authors explore the ways many native people derive tradition and cultural history from the Bears Ears.
Red Rock Stories by Stephen Trimble (Editor)
ISBN: 9781937226794
Publication Date: 2017
Red Rock Stories conveys spiritual and cultural values of Utah's canyon country through essays and poems of writers whose births span seven decades. First delivered to decision makers in Washington as a limited-edition chapbook, this art-as-advocacy book explores the fierce beauty of and the dangers to ecological and archaeological integrity in this politically embattled corner of wild America.
Red by Terry Tempest Williams
ISBN: 9780375725180
Publication Date: 2002
In this collage of stories, essays, and testimony, Williams makes a stirring case for the preservation of America's Redrock Wilderness in the canyon country of southern Utah. With grace, humor, and compassionate intelligence, Williams reminds us that the preservation of wildness is not simply a political process but a spiritual one.

Mormonism

Mormonism by Richard Lyman Bushman
Call Number: Van Pelt Library BX8635.3 .B87 2008
ISBN: 9780195310306
Publication Date: 2008
Written by a historian and practicing Mormon, this short book provides background into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, its history, and Mormon beliefs and practices.
The Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner
Call Number: Van Pelt Library F593 .S85 1964
ISBN: 9780803292130
Publication Date: 1992
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner tells about a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death--but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity.