Join Marshall Trimble, state historian, storyteller, and native son, on the highways and back roads of Arizona, where a Grand Canyon's worth of facts and stories add up to a portrait of a state. Along the way meet Fathers Eusebio Kino and Francisco Garc�s, Ned Beale and his camels, Nellie Bush and her steamboats, Great Western Sara Bowman, and the Navajo code talkers. Find out why Why's called Why; where Arizona's Civil War battlefields are; what happens at the Zuni River Reservation, where no Zuni live; and much, much more. Visitors, newcomers, and long-time residents alike will enjoy this travel and history classic, now revised and updated.

Marshall Trimble has taught Arizona and western history since 1972 and is head of the Southwest Studies cultural-historical program at Scottsdale Community College. Also a cowboy singer and poet, humorist, and best-selling author, Trimble is dedicated to bringing his native state�s history and folklore to life through print, performance, radio, and TV.