Awesome Arizona - by Roger Naylor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Which state has the most national monuments? Where in America can you find one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Where is the largest contiguous forest of ponderosa pine? In Awesome Arizona, Roger Naylor, the Dean of Arizona Travel Writers, has amassed 200 amazing facts and fascinating commentary about his beloved state. This is the fast-paced, funny encyclopedia that lovers of Arizona have been craving.

Awesome Arizona captures the essence of the sixth-largest state, from its rowdy past to its epic landscape bulging with mountains, slashed by canyons, and blown apart by volcanoes. Learn about trees that once shaded dinosaurs, the West's most legendary gunfight, the world's largest antique, the best-preserved meteor crater on earth, where the post office still delivers mail by mule, the longest poker game in history, how Arizona saved the unicorn, and so much more.

Review Quotes

Roger Naylor's Awesome Arizona: 200 Amazing Facts about the Grand Canyon State is a wild romp through Arizona trivia, from the world's largest collection of handmade miniature airplanes and the invention of the chimichanga and the tequila sunrise to the only Native American owned and operated zoo in the United States. Read it and you'll never see this awesome place of deserts and mountains in the same way again.--Ken Lamberton, author of Chasing Arizona: One Man's Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State

About the Author

Roger Naylor is an award-winning travel writer, an avid hiker, and a road-trip junkie. He is a member of the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame and the author of several Arizona guides, including Arizona State Parks, Awesome Arizona, Arizona National Parks and Monuments, and Arizona's Scenic Roads and Hikes (all from UNM Press). He lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.