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Arizona Sketches
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90 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1905
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April 25, 2017
It was interesting listening to a perspective on Arizona from the 1800's. The author covered a range of topics, some of which may be foreign or not pc to the modern reader, and others a bit dull. I listened to most of it while half asleep, so I'm sure I missed some things. But it was very effective at putting me back in the land of Nod. I suspect that there were some audio issues in the last two chapters, but these didn't seem to bother me too much. Many thanks to the Librivox narrator for his efforts.
July 11, 2021
On how Arizona was more than a hundred years ago during his travels from 1884 to 2004. Author’s first trip was to South-East Apache territory, lands of Cochise and Geronimo. They are marauding and dangerous Indians to him. He is amazed by the beauty of the landscapes.
Chapter VIII is good in describing the Southern Arizona plant life. Munk gives good description of this desert that is not a desert at all but a very rich environment of a great variety of flora, the giant saguaro pillar, the cholla cactus famous for its ferocious needles are quite memorable. It called these days Teddy Bear or Jumping Jack cactus.
Much of chapter IV through VII is about cowboy and ranch life. We also get equally good information on native tribes both of his time and archeological evidence from such as the extinct cave dwellers, and the Pueblo mesa dwelling Moquinos.
Some of his opinions on native tribes, Mexicans, and Americans are now “politically incorrect” but interesting.
Chapter VIII is good in describing the Southern Arizona plant life. Munk gives good description of this desert that is not a desert at all but a very rich environment of a great variety of flora, the giant saguaro pillar, the cholla cactus famous for its ferocious needles are quite memorable. It called these days Teddy Bear or Jumping Jack cactus.
Much of chapter IV through VII is about cowboy and ranch life. We also get equally good information on native tribes both of his time and archeological evidence from such as the extinct cave dwellers, and the Pueblo mesa dwelling Moquinos.
Some of his opinions on native tribes, Mexicans, and Americans are now “politically incorrect” but interesting.
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