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Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the start, we are watching the be-ginnings, we are in on the ground floor. Of the scenic fascinations of the land I have writtenmuch and often in other books, and in the chapter herein,entitled Glimpses of the Land, as well as in other chap-ters, I have set some of them forth in no uncertain terms. Of course I shall be accused of fine writing. I al-ways am, by men who have not seen what I am writingabout. How foolish for those who know not to criticizethe endeavors of those who do. How can one whohas never seen the wide expanse and bewildering color-ing of the Painted Desert, justly criticize the descriptionsof one who for thirty years has fraternized with it,reveled in its mysteries, and battled through its sternermoods, who has been scorched by its fierce heat, parchedthrough its lack of water, dazzled by its vivid colors andat other times more than dazzled, almost blinded, by its The Sun-Kissed Mountains of Arizona, From a Painting especially made for this work byJ. Bond Francisco.
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The Fascinations of the Land 27 fierce lightnings, drenched to the skin and chilled throughto the marrow by its sudden cold rains; sweltered in itssand-storms, and is yet fascinated by it ? Can a strangeranalyze the charms one feels even in the punishments aland awards, while one is seeking to penetrate to theheart of the allurements she exercises over him — andthere is no denying that some parts of Arizona can punishwith a fury and relentlessness she taught to Geronimoand his warrior compatriots. The Petrified Forest, Sunset Mountain, the Lava Beds,the Extinct Craters, Walnut Canyon, the Red Rock Coun-try, the Mogollon Buttes, the Grand Canyon, CanyonDiablo, Meteorite Mountain, and a score of other scenicwonders and marvels are Arizonas possessions. Her White Mountain country alone would entitle her to becalled Wonderland, for no one ever expects those tobelieve to whom he tells of that land of charm and mys-tery when he returns to recount what he has seen. Then the rivers of Arizo

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