My Dad and I published a book!

CWSkopec

My Dad and I have just finished up a book that's now available to the public through Lulu.com and soon through Amazon. It's called The Ancestral Puebloan Primer. What's an Ancestral Puebloan? It's the politically correct way of saying Anasazi.



Our book is more geared for the curious at heart than the photographer, but I figure there's probably a decent amount of overlap between the two so I figured I would share. The book doesn't cover topics like time of year/day to get the best light on a specific ruin or site. It's more about the people who created these magnificent sites that so many of us like to photograph. Some of the main topics covered in the book are Who were the Ancestral Puebloans, the evolution of their homes from simple pit houses to spectacular cliff dwellings, how the Puebloans survived in the arid desert climate, what ultimately happened to them and why their civilization "dissolved," but that's far from all inclusive.

Best of all, it's only $9.95 through Lulu and can be found by following this link. Kind of curious, but just not sure? The books page on Lulu offers a modest preview, but won't get you much more than a hard to read Preface and Table of Contents (Lulu's widget, not ours) so I've put together a small preview PDF with the Preface and the complete first chapter. It's not much more, but should give you a better idea of what the book is about than Lulu's preview. If you're interested, shoot me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a copy to review!

Any other questions, feel free to ask or take a look at my Dad's website, AnasaziAdventure.com.

Thanks for givin' me minute to pitch to you, and if you end up liking what you see, please leave us a review on Lulu, we're working on getting our book on the shelves at the appropriate National & State Parks stores in the area and favorable reviews on Lulu couldn't hurt!

ian408

I moved this over to The Big Picture. I think it'll get more eyes here.

Now about the book. It looks like a winner. Covers a subject I think a lot of folks are interested in.

CWSkopec

ian408 wrote:

I moved this over to The Big Picture. I think it'll get more eyes here.

Now about the book. It looks like a winner. Covers a subject I think a lot of folks are interested in.

Thanks Ian! I wasn't 100% sure if Big Picture or Mind Your Business was best so I guessed!!

ian408

No worries. You can think of MYOB as a place to talk about business and TBP as kind of a catch all for things like this.

Tango

im ordering right now.

CWSkopec

AaronNelson wrote:

im ordering right now.

Awesome!

Thanks for the support, Aaron!! I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear what you think once you've had a chance to look through it!

grimace

Congratulations!!

CWSkopec

grimace wrote:

Congratulations!!

Thanks Grimace!!