Landforms Heart of the Colorado Plateau : The Story Behind the Scenery

Rating:
Summary: Rating: "A-" -- gorgeous color photos of the red-rock countr
Review: mailed 6/2/99 -- your website not compatible with LYNX

Rating:
Summary: 4.5 stars for wonderful color photos
Review: This is one of the "Story Behind the Scenery" booklets, of about the size and heft of an"Arizona Highways"magazine, that are ubiquitous at national-park visitor centers and souvenir shops. I've always kinda looked down my nose at them ("booklike objects for tourists" -- I know, hopeless snobbery), but the wonderful cover photo caught my eye at the libe TOD....

LANDFORMS is definitely worth a look for redrock rats & aspiring landscape photographers (in addition to the intended impulse-purchasers). Ladd's photos are truly stunning, and beautifully reproduced. The text is a decent Plateau geology-primer, though it's old-hat for me, and I must confess I just skimmed it. But the photos are wonderful. A minor cavil -- locations for many photos aren't given, or are too vague to help you find the site pictured.

So -- keep an eye out for LANDFORMS, while you're waiting for the wife-and-kiddies at the Mt. Trashmore restrooms. You might just end up buying a copy.

Rating:
Summary: 4.5 stars for wonderful color photos
Review: This is one of the "Story Behind the Scenery" booklets, of about the size and heft of an"Arizona Highways"magazine, that are ubiquitous at national-park visitor centers and souvenir shops. I've always kinda looked down my nose at them ("booklike objects for tourists" -- I know, hopeless snobbery), but the wonderful cover photo caught my eye at the libe TOD....

LANDFORMS is definitely worth a look for redrock rats & aspiring landscape photographers (in addition to the intended impulse-purchasers). Ladd's photos are truly stunning, and beautifully reproduced. The text is a decent Plateau geology-primer, though it's old-hat for me, and I must confess I just skimmed it. But the photos are wonderful. A minor cavil -- locations for many photos aren't given, or are too vague to help you find the site pictured.

So -- keep an eye out for LANDFORMS, while you're waiting for the wife-and-kiddies at the Mt. Trashmore restrooms. You might just end up buying a copy.