Sundown Legends: A Journey Into the American Southwest

by Michael Checchio

In the grand tradition of Edward Abbey, John Muir, and Michael Wallis comes an insightful look at the people and the majestic landscape of the American Southwest.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312205937
• ISBN13: 9780312205935
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A masterful writer

Michael Checchio is one of the nation's best writers about nature. This volumn is, in fact, a concise and beautiful evocation of the Southwest, full of paradox. In a passage about the San Juan River in New Mexico, for instance, Checchio describes how a well-intentioned environmental approach -- catch-and-release -- can produce bizarre results: huge, docile trout that give up virtually without a fight. That might be a metaphor for what is happening to much of the Southwest. And yet, Checchio evokes the beauty and timelessness of the place. This is a wonderful book.