{"product_id":"9780786755660","title":"Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest","description":"This new ebook edition of \u003ci\u003eCities of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e includes for very first time over 100 never-before-published photographs taken during the author’s epic, thousand mile horseback journey across Arizona and New Mexico. It also includes many rare and extraordinary historical photographs of the Old West, Native Americans, pioneers, prospectors, Indian pueblos, and vanished landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Old West’s last glimmers flicker through this piercingly beautiful adventure, an unforgettable saga in which Preston, astride his horse Popeye, traverses the desert and mountain wilderness of Arizona and New Mexico retracing the trail-blazing 1540-41 expedition of Spanish Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in search of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold … In place of the mythical winning of the West, Preston unfolds a harrowing tale of loss.” – \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The entire book is a sheer pleasure to read.” – \u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A Blue Highways on horseback, well worth the trip.” – \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riveting yarn, with as many turns as a switchback road.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fearful, fascinating tale.” – \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A journey of historical importance.” – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By setting out with a companion and four horses to track Coronado’s army across a thousand miles of brutal desert and mountain country, from the Mexican border through Arizona and New Mexico, the author is ready to risk his life to try to see with his own eyes, as it were, ‘that moment, 450 years ago, when the peoples of the Old World and New World first encountered each other’ and quickly began the strife-torn redefining of America. Throughout the book, Preston intersperses the original reports and memoirs of Coronado’s adventure with accounts of his own party’s hard progress, making the centuries dissolve into a common, first-person, present-tense narrative. And along the way he records stories of the people and places he encounters, making brief excursions into mining booms and busts, the history of livestock ranching, the impact of barbed wire and windmills, the first mail routes, homesteading, the destruction of the Indian nations, and much more.” – \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and author who has published twenty-six books, nonfiction and fiction, several of which have been #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. In addition to \u003ci\u003eCities of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e he is the author of several books on Southwestern history, including \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Ground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Road\u003c\/i\u003e. Preston is the co-creator, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of novels, including \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e—both of which were named in a National Public Radio listener poll as being among the 100 greatest suspense novels ever written. Preston’s most recent nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e, is being made into a movie starring George Clooney. Preston also writes for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, and he taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He divides his time between Maine and New Mexico.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter W. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e began his creative career in 1967 and it has spanned a period of 40 years. He first explored the field of photography, traveling around the world, discovering spiritual places, deep landscapes, places of origin, experimenting with abstract colors and textures, always seeking the visual heart of existence in the desert, mountains, canyons, rivers, and cities of the world. He later branched out to painting and sculpture, and combined all three into an ever-expanding visual tapestry of mind and consciousness. “My life and my art,” Nelson wrote, “is a constant journey into the unknown, always looking ahead, never behind, a positive and spiritual quest to understand and portray inner and outer existence.” Nelson’s work has been collected by many museums, including the Museum of New Mexico, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, The San Diego Museum of Photography, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and Stanford University. It is also represented in a number of corporate collections including Coca Cola, IBM, Exxon, and American Express. Nelson’s most recent photography book, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by the Museum of New Mexico Press in March 2014. Douglas Preston wrote the introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128090706160,"sku":"9780786755660","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786755660_p0.jpg?v=1763664326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786755660","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}