Southwest USA (Lonely Planet Regional Guides)

by Rob Rachowiecki (Author), Jeff Campbell (Primary Contributor), Jennifer Denniston (Primary Contributor)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.45

  full coverage of Southwest, including Las Vegas, SW Colorado & West Texas region capitalizing on US growth in domestic heritage, car and adventure travel food, Culture & Geology specialists top repository of Native Americana, from abandoned Anasazi towns to today's Navajo Nation America's Mother Road, Route 66, bisects New Mexico & Arizona on its way to the California coast Roadrunners can reach a maximum speed of 20 mph annual reported UFO sightings in the Southwest reach 650, most in USA in spring, major league baseball teams train in Arizona, with players amply interacting with fans formally known as Hot Springs, Truth or Consequences, NM, changed its name to win a TV show contest in 1950 the Atomic Age started in the Southwest, with uranium from Utah used to explode the a-bomb in White Sands, NM

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.45

  This edition adds Las Vegas to its thorought coverage of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, completing the circular desert route many visitors travel. It includes explanations of Native American arts and crafts, plus details on the region's spectacular national parks.