Publisher's Synopsis
This is a Black and White version of "Photographing the American West Aboard the Photon Bus."The best travel is both escape and exploration. In the winter of 2017-18 photographer Bill Wood hunted with lens the beautiful places of the American West. Narrative and memoir weave through 35 probing essays and 141 photographs exploring history, politics, geology and famous authors of the West. What happened to plans to breach the great dams of the Pacific Northwest? Who is Porter Rockwell of Mormon lore? Why do the young no longer recognize author Ed Abbey? Are our national parks and monuments under attack? Which is the most dangerous trail in Zion National Park? Why are wildfires now ravishing the West? Where was the world's most expensive photograph taken? Why is the Navajo Nation losing 1,600 jobs? What happened to the New Age movement? What is it about horses? How did the death of a teen change all of U.S. medical education? Which incident ignited the immigration war in Arizona? Why do ghosts inhabit a spring in New Mexico? How can stealing a rock threaten your life? Why is the snowy plover upset about an imported European beach grass? What is making the U.S. Coast Guard constipated? How did a murdered seven-year-old become the most famous American in Italy?Join the journey aboard the Photon Bus. Then take your own.
