Arizona

Fred Hirschmann, as part of his career, as a park ranger, spent several years at Petrified National Forest, one of the fascinating jewels of Arizona. But during that time, he also explored the rest of the state. As a result, a love of this area was born that will continue for a lifetime. Now a professional writer and photographer, Hirschmann has a number of books to his credit, including Yellowstone, Bush Pilots of Alaska, and Alaska's National Parks. More than one thousand of his images have appeared in magazines, calendars, books, and note cards by numerous publishers including Sierra Club, National Geographic Society, Eastman Kodak, and Audubon. To obtain the photographs for this book, Hirschmann drove the backroads of Arizona, rappeled into slot canyons, scaled mountains, attended Indian ceremonies, ran rivers, and traveled by foot and by horse into remote and rugged canyons. The images were taken with Mamiya 645s with 45mm, 80mm, 110mm, and 210mm Mamiya lenses and a Toyo 45A 4 X 5" field camera with Nikkor 90mm and 135mm and Fujinon 210mm lenses. Scott Thybony is a full-time author with a number of books to his credit. Among his titles are Fire and Stone:a Guide to Wupatki and Sunset Crater, A Guide to Hiking the Inner Canyon, Havasu:Grand Canyon Trail Guide, Walnut Canyon, and Hermit:Grand Canyon Trail Guide. He has also been published in numerous magazines, such as National Geographic Traveler, Outside, National Wildlife, Whole Earth Review, Summit, Plateau, and City Magazine. Thybony is a graduate of the University of Arizona, earning a degree in anthropology. In the pursuit of his studies, he has lived variously with an Eskimo family and a Navajo medicine man and has developed close relationships with Hopi and Havasupai families. Thybony has served as chairman of the Historic Trails Subcommittee for the Arizona State Parks Board and has taught anthropology, history, and wilderness survival at Orme School. He directed a wilderness program throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico and, as member of a cave rescue team, was awarded a Congressional commendation.Hirschmann, Fred is the author of 'Arizona' with ISBN 9781558680319 and ISBN 1558680314.