Wildsam Field Guides: The Southwest

Launching Summer 2016, WILDSAM releases its second travel series, spotlighting the uniquely American pastime of Road Trips. In the handsome, story-driven guides, Road Trips through iconic regions come to life through personal essays, local interviews, historical anecdote and artist illustrations. In the DESERT SOUTHWEST field guide, explore the expert itineraries through far west Texas, New Mexico high desert, southern Colorado river towns, Utah canyonlands, Arizona's mythic Navajo territory and California's Mojave expanses. This 145-page, back pocket companion shares the stories of vintage sellers, agave experts, turquoise dealers, shamans, astronomers, minor league baseball coaches, ultra-marathoners and more. No guide exists of its kind, combining lore and intel, inspiring stories and curated recommendations. Wildsam guides read like letters from an old friend. Your road trip will never be the same. I was halfway across America, Jack Kerouac writes, at the dividing line between the East of my Youth and the West of my future.