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Author : Richard Shelton
Release : 1992-05
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Going Back to Bisbee by : Richard Shelton
Download or read book Going Back to Bisbee written by Richard Shelton. This book was released on 1992-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscences of a teacher and poet about his years in Southern Arizona, interwoven with descriptions of the area, its history, its people, and its climate.
Author : Annie Graeme Larkin
Release : 2013-07-29
Genre : Photography
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Book Rating : 281/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bisbee by : Annie Graeme Larkin
Download or read book Bisbee written by Annie Graeme Larkin. This book was released on 2013-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visually, the Bisbee of today remains a community frozen in time, with Main Street retaining its character from 1910. The discovery of copper deposits in the Mule Mountains brought forth a wealth that enabled a substantial community. Profitable mining ventures and a need for labor drew thousands of miners from around the world to work in Bisbee. These individuals added a distinct flavor to the area. Like countless other Western mining camps, Bisbee evolved from a rough frontier community surviving disastrous fires and floods into a town with a substantial population and solid foundation. Bisbees seemingly inexhaustible mineral wealth resulted in the community becoming a center of economic and political power in an emerging territory on its way to statehood. It was Arizonas greatest copper camp.
Author : Boyd Nicholl
Release : 2003
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 101/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bisbee, Arizona, Then and Now by : Boyd Nicholl
Download or read book Bisbee, Arizona, Then and Now written by Boyd Nicholl. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents historic photographs of Bisbee from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, side by side with pictures of the same sites in the modern city, and accompanied by historical background.
Author : Neil Bush
Release : 1992
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 406/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bisbee, Arizona, Yesterday & Today by : Neil Bush
Download or read book Bisbee, Arizona, Yesterday & Today written by Neil Bush. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, Bisbee, Arizona was one of the largest copper mining camps in the world. Located in the Arizona Territory, Bisbee soon became the "liveliest spot between El Paso & San Francisco," a true urban outpost on the frontier. Built to last by the mining interests of the day, Bisbee has been architecturally preserved since 1910. The photographic essay explores Bisbee as it was yesterday with thirty-four historic photos from the period of 1886 through 1937. Thirty-four accompanying photos taken from the exact location today complement the originals. Fortunately Bisbee has not been a developer's paradise & the results of this book document an amazing similarity in many of the scenes. Surely, there will never be another Bisbee. These photos will fascinate the student of architecture! Today Bisbee features the Queen Mine underground tour, the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, a surface mine tour, & Historic District tours. So explore this wonderfully preserved copper mining town in our 64 page soft cover photo essay & then visit us in person! To order: Check or money order to BISBEE IMAGE, PO BOX 1145, BISBEE, ARIZONA 85603. $9.95 each plus $2.00 shipping & handling for up to 5 books. Arizona residents add 7.5 percent sales tax.
Author : Richard Shelton
Release : 2016-10-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 035/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Going Back to Bisbee by : Richard Shelton
Download or read book Going Back to Bisbee written by Richard Shelton. This book was released on 2016-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's most distinguished poets now shares his fascination with a distinctive corner of our country. Richard Shelton first came to southeastern Arizona in the 1950s as a soldier stationed at Fort Huachuca. He soon fell in love with the region and upon his discharge found a job as a schoolteacher in nearby Bisbee. Now a university professor and respected poet living in Tucson, still in love with the Southwestern deserts, Shelton sets off for Bisbee on a not-uncommon day trip. Along the way, he reflects on the history of the area, on the beauty of the landscape, and on his own life. Couched within the narrative of his journey are passages revealing Shelton's deep familiarity with the region's natural and human history. Whether conveying the mystique of tarantulas or describing the mountain-studded topography, he brings a poet's eye to this seemingly desolate country. His observations on human habitation touch on Tombstone, "the town too tough to die," on ghost towns that perhaps weren't as tough, and on Bisbee itself, a once prosperous mining town now an outpost for the arts and a destination for tourists. What he finds there is both a broad view of his past and a glimpse of that city's possible future. Going Back to Bisbee explores a part of America with which many readers may not be familiar. A rich store of information embedded in splendid prose, it shows that there are more than miles on the road to Bisbee.
