This book is just fine for someone who wants to crack the surface on these canines, but is lacking for anyone wanting significant information. After all, a book can cover only so much information in a mere 22 pages! The pictures, however, are very nice, and the smaller boxed text (there are five) are interesting. Nonetheless, if you are looking for a wealth of information on Coyotes, Foxes, and Wolves, keep looking - this book has little that could not be found in any decent book on the subject.

This is a pleasant book that makes for mildly enjoyable light reading. It is short, and frequently digresses into the history of Tombstone and its more famous characters and events rather than sticking to the Bird Cage Theater itself. It has one GLARING FLAW. There are exactly two pictures of the Bird Cage Theater in the entire book. Both are very small. One picture of the outside is not even supposed to be a picture of the Bird Cage at all. The theater merely happens to be in the background of a photo of a burro pack train. The only other picture of the theater is a woefully inadequate one of the inside of the theater that is so dark you can see practically nothing. There is no diagram of the floor plan either. I have personally been inside this venerable old theater, so I could draw on that experience. Those readers who have not been there will have a difficult time grasping the ambience of the place, since the photos here are so poor. The author also confuses the reader by giving two dates the theater finally closed. On one page he says 1892, and a few pages later says 1889.

This is a guide in the perfect size for airline reading. However, it spends WAY too much time on lodging and restaurants while neglecting information on what to do in Phoenix. I was particularly disappointed in the limited amount of information on golf courses in the area. I was also disappointed in the lack of information on spring training basesball. The book also is short on maps of the area.

The book's strong points include excellent information on every resort in the Valley of the Sun. The restaurant section is extensive. However, restaurants change so frequently and you will find many of the mentioned places have already closed.

This is a book worth buying at the Amazon.com price. I would recommend a companion guide if you're interested in golf or other activities in Phoenix.

Okay. First off, I have to confess I bought this book by mistake. I was expecting to get a sort of audio guide to the Grand Canyon, so I was pretty disappointed when this turned out not to be the case.

The audiobook instead turned out to be two short stories: the first is, of course, 'The Grand Canyon', and the other is 'At Grandmother's House' (or something like that). 'The Grand Canyon' was a lot more enjoyable and funnier. It was a narrative about the writer's trip to the eponymous canyon and his self-deprecating humour got quite a few chuckles out of me.

'At Grandmother's House' recounts the author's trips to his grandmother's house in the woods when he was young, and concentrates on two incidents in particular, one involving imaginery bogeymen he was afraid of as a boy, and another involving a real bogeyman (well, actually an escaped criminal) hiding out near the house. Not terribly interesting a listen.

As an audiobook, it was pretty good. The reader has a wonderful gravelly voice, and a good sense of deadpan nuance which worked well, especially with the first story's self-deprecating humour.

So, a pretty average couple of stories, one somewhat better than the other, that were fairly entertaining and reasonably competent, but nothing to write home about. Three stars.

My Personal Rating Scale:
5 stars: Engaging, well-written, highly entertaining or informative, thought provoking, pushes the envelope in one or more ways, a classic.
4 stars: Engaging, well-written, highly entertaining or informative. Book that delivers well in terms of its specific genre or type, but does not do more than that.
3 stars: Competent. Does what it sets out to do competently, either on its own terms on within the genre, but is nothing special. May be clichéd but is still entertaining.
2 stars: Fails to deliver in various respects. Significantly clichéd. Writing is poor or pedestrian. Failed to hold my attention.
1 star: Abysmal. Fails in all respects.

I picked up this book when I was going out to see and hike the Grand Canyon. The book is much more interesting in context, i.e. you've seen and undertand the scale and the environment of the Grand Canyon. The book has a series of short vignettes, arranged roughly chronologically, about explorers, miners and assorted neer do wells that really gave life and reality to my experience hiking and exploring the Canyon. Each of the stories is concisely written and illustrated with period photos in B&W.

The chapters of this publication are intently focused, it seems, on downplaying the role of a greater Chaco community across the San Juan Basin. Intra-valley development is the mantra of this volume. While there is no question that local development is significant an attempt at exploring the mechanics of interaction with neigboring groups, much less with a central canyon, is generally ignored. This creates a one-dimensional approach leading the reader to believe that people living within the basin were culturally confined, locally. The last chapter of this volume, which is authored by Steve Lekson is alone worth the price of the publication. Lekson is allowed to "Think Great" and encourages a broader view of the San Juan Basin, beyond local and regional boundaries.

This is an interesting book and full of facts about the history of Arizona but the title is misleading. The author does not cover the history of the state, It would be hard to imagine that anyone could in a small format paperback with about 170 pages. Instead there are about 20 brief chapters each briefly describing a specific event or topic. For example there is a chapter on the Bisbee Deportation and another on Higher Education in Arizona. The topics are sporadic and probably reflect areas that interest the author. If you really want to learn about the history of the state, Sheridan's book "Arizona" is a much better source. Trimble's books are also good and often entertaining.

The book has some useful touring information presented with a sense of humor. It could use a little polish and some color pictures would make it more appealing. Overall it will save the reader some time in planning a motorcycle trip to Arizona and is worth reading.

This book reviews several of the legends and lore of Arizona. Most of the chapters deal with supernatural tales such as ghostly apparitions and otherworldly encounters. One chapter covers the Travis Walton UFO abduction story. Walton's story was dramatized in the movie "Fire in the Sky." Another chapter is about the ancient Roman artifacts that were supposedly found buried near Tucson.

Kutz has a very readable writing style and the book is enjoyable to read. My major criticism of the book is that it takes these legends at face value and leads the reader to believe that the stories are true. Kutz ignores readily available evidence about most of these stories that show them to be hoaxes or urban legends.

The Roman artifacts story is an example. Research has demonstrated that these artifacts were not genuine. For example, the Latin inscriptions on them contain modern Latin words that would not have been used in Ancient Rome. To support the validity of this find, the author also cites other examples of Roman artifacts that have supposedly been found in the U.S. Again, all of these other examples have been proven to be hoaxes or have other explanations

If you want a book on Arizona legends then you might enjoy this one. However, the reader should be advised that this book leans more toward fiction than non-fiction.

I had to do a report for an english class...i needed 3 sources and i only had 2. I got this book and it provided all the information i needed...religion, clothing, medicine, weapons and many other things unique to the Yaquis. i only give it 3 stars because i hate doing reports :)