Explore Arizona with Books and Maps from Bored Feet Press

Circles of Life
Katsina Imagery on Hopi Wicker Basketry

Judith W. Finger and Andrew D. Finger

The Hopi people are well known for their skill and artistry in creating ceramics, jewelry, and most especially, katsina dolls, but this is the first book to detail the basketry art.

Arizona Real Photo Postcards
A History & Portfolio

Jeremy Rowe

Rowe explores interesting facets of early Arizona as visually captured by professional and amateur postcard photographers. The topics include mining, labor unrest, the advent of the automobile, Indians, disasters, the Mexican Border War, and photography.

Dragonflies of California and Common Dragonflies of the Southwest
A Beginner’s Pocket Guide

Kathy Biggs

This first and only dragonfly field guide for California and its neighboring states provides clear, concise identification information and stunningly clear color photos of 60 species of dragonflies and damselflies, plus full info for 17 similar species.

Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country

Photography Larry Ulrich
Interpretive text by Susan Lamb

This photographic essay presents Ulrich's stunning color images of wildflowers in the American Southwest, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the high mesas of western Colorado.

Day Trips with a Splash
Swimming Holes of the Southwest

Pancho Doll

This second Day Trips with a Splash surveys more than 100 creeks and canyons from Moab/Canyonlands south to Tucson/the Chiricahuas.

The Getaway Guide to the American Southwest

Richard Harris

One of America's leading travel writers takes readers on a grand tour of the Southwest from Mesa Verde to the Grand Canyon. From national parks to the top restaurants in Santa Fe, this guide covers the best of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Grand Canyon National Park—Hiking Map and Guide

Earthwalk Press

Covers popular hiking corridor between Hermit and Grandview Trails. This 5-color map shows South Rim and North Rim trails, use zones.Locator grid and two geological cross sections aid feature ID.

Sorry, we've sold our last copy. We hope to have a new edition available by spring 2008, the first new edition in 7 years. Send us an email (click on the "contact us" link to the left) if you'd like to be notified when it's available.

Butterflies of Arizona
A Photographic Guide

Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin

Naturalist Stewart and friends follow up on his ground-breaking and highly successful Common Butterflies of California with an even more comprehensive guide to the abundant butterflies of the Southwest.

Photographers in Arizona 1850-1920
A History and Directory

Jeremy Rowe

This book presents a 70-year visual history of a legendary land, an exciting window into one of the most colorful periods and places in our western heritage.

Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country
Postcard Book

Photography Larry Ulrich

A companion souvenir to Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country. Twenty spectacular images from the book, plus a short introductory essay.

American Photographic Patents
The Daguerrotype & Wet Plate Era 1840-1880

Janice G. Schimmelman

This new book lists 810 invention patents and 22 design patents pertaining to a wide range of photographic processes, equipment and methodology.