Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries, Revised Edition

by Duane A. Smith

Book Overview

Originally published in 1988, Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the southwestern corner of Colorado. Duane A. Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 "discovery" of the cliff dwellings and other Anasazi ruins and the ensuing twenty-year campaign to preserve them. Smith also details the resulting creation of a national park in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870816845
• ISBN13: 9780870816840
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 16 years and up