Arizona Then & Now

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Summary: For Arizona residents
Review: This is a great book for Arizona, especially Phoenix residents. See well known places in a historic context. The background information and the stories bring history to life.

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Summary: Where's the Rest of the State?
Review: When I picked up "AZ Then & Now" I was really excited. As a lifelong resident, I was looking forward to a book that really showed where I was from. I had heard wonderful things about the pictures and the stories behind them. I am sorry to say that I was quite disappointed in the book.
While Dutton did have beautiful pictures of an extensive part of the state, he left out several key places that many people associate with Arizona. While he focused of all the 'major' places of the state, Dutton forgot places like Lake Havasu, Canyon de Chelly and the rest of the Navajo Nation as well as the Hopi nation and the AZ parts of Monument Valley - just to name a few. How can someone do a comprehensive book about something or some place without inclucing ALL the elements? I can understand that there may not be many pictures of certain places, but surely there are some that people could have offered.
While the book is severely lacking in this aspect, the pictures are absolutely breath-taking. Look at it, borrow it, maybe own it if it ever comes in paperback, but wait for something that includes the ENTIRE state.

Rating:
Summary: Where's the Rest of the State?
Review: When I picked up "AZ Then & Now" I was really excited. As a lifelong resident, I was looking forward to a book that really showed where I was from. I had heard wonderful things about the pictures and the stories behind them. I am sorry to say that I was quite disappointed in the book.
While Dutton did have beautiful pictures of an extensive part of the state, he left out several key places that many people associate with Arizona. While he focused of all the 'major' places of the state, Dutton forgot places like Lake Havasu, Canyon de Chelly and the rest of the Navajo Nation as well as the Hopi nation and the AZ parts of Monument Valley - just to name a few. How can someone do a comprehensive book about something or some place without inclucing ALL the elements? I can understand that there may not be many pictures of certain places, but surely there are some that people could have offered.
While the book is severely lacking in this aspect, the pictures are absolutely breath-taking. Look at it, borrow it, maybe own it if it ever comes in paperback, but wait for something that includes the ENTIRE state.