| Tucson: A Drama in Time Contributor(s): Warnock, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1627877061 ISBN-13: 9781627877060 Publisher: Wheatmark OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| LCCN: 2019940370 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.32 lbs) 476 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This account of the drama in time that is Tucson begins not with the founding of the Presidio San Agust n on August 20, 1775, but with the emergence of Sentinel Peak in geologic deep time. It ends -- "To be continued" -- in 2014. It spans the periods of precontact with Europeans, Spanish colonization, Mexican nationhood, the territorial West, early and Depression era statehood, and the development of metropolitan Tucson after World War II. It offers not one definitive historical account but a collection of stories in which threads appear that may disappear beneath the surface for a while and reappear later, like some desert streams. It leaves spaces for, and invites the stories of, its readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Warnock, John: - John Warnock was born in Tucson and graduated from Tucson High when it was one of the largest high schools in the nation. He attended Amherst College in Massachusetts, Oxford University in England, and the New York University School of Law. After teaching at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, he returned to Tucson in 1990 to join the English Department at the University of Arizona. He is now Professor Emeritus at UA and resides in Tucson. |
