FirstImpressions:AReader’sJourneytoIconicPlacesoftheAmericanSouthwesttellsthestoryoffifteeniconicsitesacrossArizona,Utah,NewMexico,andsouthernColoradothroughtheeyesoftheexplorers,missionaries,andtravelerswhowerethefirstnonnativestodescribethem.NotedborderlandshistoriansDavidJ.WeberandWilliamdeBuysleadreadersthroughcenturiesofhistorical,cultural,andenvironmentalchangeatsitesrangingfromCarlsbadCaverns,theGrandCanyon,andMesaVerdetosuchlivingNativecommunitiesas?comaandZuni.LoversoftheSouthwest,bothresidentsandvisitorsalike,willdelightintheauthors’skillfulevocationoftheregion’ssweepinglandscapes,itsrichHispanicandNativeheritage,andthesenseofdiscoverythatsoenchanteditsearlyexplorers.
