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Tucson is a history of time and a river. The roots of prehistoric habitation run deep along the Santa Cruz River, reaching back thousands of years. Later the river attracted 17th-century Spanish explorers, who brought military government, the church, and colonists to establish the northern outpost of their New World empire. Later still, American westward expansion drew new settlers to the place called Tucson. Today Tucson is a bustling multicultural community of more than one million residents. These images from the photographic archives of the Arizona Historical Society tell the stories of individuals and cultures that transformed a 19th-century frontier village into a 20th-century desert city.
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Anne I. Woosley is the executive director of the Arizona Historical Society. She received her undergraduate degree in history from UC Santa Cruz, a graduate degree in archaeology from Cambridge University, in England, and her doctorate in archaeology from UCLA. Her research interests and publications include prehistoric settlement, regional interactions, and subsistence practices of cultures in the American Southwest and West Asia. She serves on state and national committees promoting public history programs and historic preservation.
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1. Title: Top Ten in Books
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Tucson Weekly
Date: 2/26/2009
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2. Title: Top Ten in Books
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Tucson Weekly
Date: 2/26/2009
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week ending Feb. 20, 2009:
1. On Agate Hill: A Novel Lee Smith, Shannon Ravenel (,13.95)
2. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Penguin (,15)
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama, Three Rivers (,14.95)
4. Early Tucson (Images of America) Anne I. Woosley and Arizona Historical Society, Arcadia (,21.99)
5. New Moon Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown (,10.99)
6. Fool: A Novel Christopher Moore, William Morrow (,26.99)
7. XXX Porn for Women: Hotter, Hunkier, and More Helpful Around the House! Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative, Chronicle (,12.95)
8. One True Theory of Love Laura Fitzgerald, New American Library (,14)
9. The Inaugural Address, 2009 Barack Obama, Penguin (,12)
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead (,14)"
3. Title: Top Ten in Books
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Tucson Weekly
Date: 2/26/2009
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week ending Feb. 20, 2009:
1. On Agate Hill: A Novel Lee Smith, Shannon Ravenel (,13.95)
2. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Penguin (,15)
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama, Three Rivers (,14.95)
4. Early Tucson (Images of America) Anne I. Woosley and Arizona Historical Society, Arcadia (,21.99)
5. New Moon Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown (,10.99)
6. Fool: A Novel Christopher Moore, William Morrow (,26.99)
7. XXX Porn for Women: Hotter, Hunkier, and More Helpful Around the House! Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative, Chronicle (,12.95)
8. One True Theory of Love Laura Fitzgerald, New American Library (,14)
9. The Inaugural Address, 2009 Barack Obama, Penguin (,12)
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead (,14)"
