Landscapes of America Second Series text by Bill Harris (Good, 1986, HC, 304 pgs, Crescent Books)

Dust jacket has some wear; cover and pages have slight wear. ISBN 051761393x

Columbus may have found it, and the Puritans may have been among the earliest European settlers, but the discovery and colonization of the continent was just the start. The English would have been familiar with the low, sandy shorelines of Cape Cod and the beautiful countryside of Massachusetts, while the Dutch of New Amsterdam knew some of the splendors of New York state, but neither would have even dreamed of what lay beyond. The Indians, of course, had known and respected the land for hundreds of year. They had eked out a meager living in the harsh surroundings of Canyon de Chelley; they were familiar with the awesome beauty of the Grand Canyon, and they had seen the giant redwoods of the West coast long before the white man came along.

Today, there is no mystery; the land has been explored, the rivers and mountains charted, and many man-made landscapes created. But for most of us the magic still remains, for who can gaze on all the variety and not be touched by the sheer majesty of it all? Landscapes of America Volume II holds up a mirror to the land, recapturing a little of what it would take an eternity to experience.