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| Backroads & Byways of New Mexico: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions |  | Author: Sally Moore
Publisher: Countryman
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 608,133
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0881507571
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780881507577
ASIN: 0881507571
Publication Date: June 4, 2007
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Product Description
You have to veer off the beaten track to experience the soul and spirit of "The Land of Enchantment," and no one knows that inside track better than author Sally Moore.
Follow Moore along side roads and quiet trails to trading posts and abandoned stone cities, hidden canyons and soaring vistas, Spanish missions and outlaw hideouts. Ten neatly packaged day trips and weekend getaways take travelers and natives to the fabled, infamous, and stunningly beautiful spots, and reveal the tall tales and scintillating stories behind them. Backroads & Byways of New Mexico is the shortest route a visitor can take to exploring like a native, and for natives to delve more deeply into the history and magic of their home state. 1 map, 50 black & white photographs, index.
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 Know what you're buying October 29, 2008
Matt Forster (Michigan & Colorado)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A previous reviewer has described this book as "slapdash and disorganized" and "not designed for a first time visitor." I guess in someways it is not designed for the visitor who has never stepped foot in the state before. (Perhaps that reader would be better served by New Mexico: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides) or some such general guide from Fodor's or Frommer's or whoever.) And, to a first time visitor, the book may seem disorganized (though I wouldn't have thought so).
But a mildly attentive reader will quickly realize there is an organization to the book, with each chapter describing a particular route. The routes highlight regional history and culture. Some lodgings, places to eat, and things to see are noted along the way.
This is certainly not a AAA directory of lodgings and attractions. Neither is it the random musings of a travel narrator. The narrative format of the book is a nice break from run-of-the-mill travel guides, and the information contained within provides depth to a run-of-the-mill weekend getaway.
By the way, I read the first edition of this book as well, Country Roads of New Mexico. Look it up on Amazon, and you will see how helpful other readers have found it.
leaves out Taos, but lovingly written, good for SW residents and longer and repeat visitors January 14, 2009
Beatrice Izzey (Los Angeles)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I received this book from Amazon, I was shocked to learn that it leaves out Taos (Taos is not even in the Index, nor included in the inset map)! That's how Back Roads it is. Nonetheless, the book is lovingly written and researched, and is best intended for people who have already visited the obvious places such as Santa Fe and Taos, and are going back for a more real, less touristy and superficial, and extended visit. The book is also excellent for people who live in the Southwest, and want to do super local road trips. That's how detailed and refined the info is. Could use better maps.
 Confusing and disorganized attempt at a "guide" July 22, 2008
Rocket (San Francisco)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Slapdash and disorganized, you will have to study long and hard to gain any information from this book. Certainly not designed for a first time visitor to the area. No maps of routes described, no identification on the poor quality photos. Give it a big miss.
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