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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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This book should be required reading for all who believe New Mexico is nothing but plains, mesas, and cacti. It proves in spectacular fashion that the Land of Enchantment is very much a mountain state, with at least sixty summits 12,000 feet or higher. Photographer-author Mike Butterfield has spent forty years hiking these high mountains, and his magnificent images are paired here with the chronicle of his adventures. To help readers become acquainted with his beloved mountains, Butterfield divides the high peaks of northern New Mexico into their geographical regions, each with its unique ge. |
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Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- High New Mexico -- La Gente -- Mountain Denizens -- The Big Outside -- 1 Chapter One: The Northern Ranges -- Culebra Range -- Cimarron Range -- Latir Group -- Columbine-Hondo -- Wheeler Group -- 2 Chapter Two: The Santa Fe Rances -- Santa Barbara-Mora -- Santa Barbara-West -- Truchas Range -- Santa Fe Range -- 3 Chapter Three: Sierra Blanca -- Sierra Blanca Peak -- 4 Chapter Four: What is a Peak? -- Welcome to the Club -- A Peak by Any Other Name -- New Mexcio Mountains Listed by Region -- New Mexcio Mountains Ranked by Elevation -- New Mexcio Mountains Listed by Name -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Photography -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Butterfield, Mike -- Travel -- New Mexico.
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New Mexico -- Pictorial works.
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New Mexico. |
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Pictorial works.
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New Mexico -- Description and travel.
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Travel. |
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Print version: Butterfield, Mike. New Mexico's High Peaks : A Photographic Celebration. Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press, ©2014 9780826354402 |
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9780826354402 |
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0826354408 |
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0826354416 |
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9780826354419 (electronic book) |
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