ANTELOPE GIRL
Antelope Girl is “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” meets criminal land grabbers and the mighty Indian spirits of the American Southwest. Juniper Hatch, the outcast daughter of eminent archaeologist Jenny Hatch, returns home to the ancient village of Oraibi on Second Mesa after a short but distinguished military career in cyber warfare, fighting against the Russians in the Balkans, only to find a treacherous Russian oligarch with connections to the highest levels of the U.S. government, proposing to build the Grand Canyon Esplanade Resort on desolate Navajo land above the Grand Canyon, complete with gondolas running to the bottom of the sacred Little Colorado River, the spiritual epicenter of the Hopi world. Using the latest computer viruses, Juniper hacks her way along a deadly trail that leads to crooked Navajo politicians, a Russian mobster who murders his enemies with a lethal poison, and the mysterious RPS Global Security Company that supplies mercenaries and weapons to unsavory clients around the world. Juniper is aided in her dangerous struggle by her mentor the Hopi Sun Chief, and a young Navajo rebel named Lyndon Za who becomes the reincarnation of Dawn Boy and the love of her life. Together, Juniper and Lyndon battle the terrible powers of the modern world and unleash Masaw, the Skeleton Kachina of the Little Colorado, in the name of the Sun Way.
The Canyon Chronicles
Take a kid from Maryland and drop him head first into the Grand Canyon for eight years during the rape and pillage days of the Reagan Administration, and then sit back and watch the sparks fly as he uncovers the untold stories and mysteries of the Canyonlands of the American Southwest and unlocks the secrets to survival and the Kachina Way.
While working as a surveyor for the Forest Service on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon during the rape and pillage years of President Ronald Reagan, Steve Carr, a young man from back east, learns surreal survival lessons as he journeys into some of America’s most phantasmagorical lands and national parks where he encounters greedy loggers, federal land barons drunk on power, brain-dead cowboys, clueless tourists, strange Mormon polygamists, crazed firefighters, amazing Anasazi ruins, mysterious Indians, canyon loonies, lady travelers looking for fun and excitement, environmental terrorists, menacing wild animals, and the outlandish characters who live at the bottom of the earth.
Each stand alone story is laced with lurid flashes of forgotten Southwest history and sprinkled with a heavy dose of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll as the reader is transported into a magical world where flash floods, broiling canyons, freak snow storms, hallucinogenic visions, and bone-crushing rapids come alive with all the power and the glory.
Each struggle leads Steve closer to a final confrontation with the Forest Service over the future of the Kaibab National Forest and the essence of the Kachina Way.
Anasazi Strip
“Anasazi Strip” is set in the isolated area north of the Grand Canyon known as the Arizona Strip, a spectacular land of redrock and long-forgotten civilizations.
This is the first book in the Jenny Hatch mystery series, featuring Forest Service archaeologist Jenny Hatch, a tough red-haired lady who has dedicated her life to unraveling the mysteries of the ancient Anasazi who called the Arizona Strip home from the time of Christ until their vanishing act around 1200AD.
This is a story about industrial strength pothunting, the illegal raiding of Indian ruins, by a retired federal judge and a cold-blooded Killer who served together in the Special Forces during and after the Vietnam War. Together, the two men leave a trail of bodies scattered across The Strip and baffle the local law enforcement officers. “Anasazi Strip” takes us through strange lands rarely seen – Western Grand Canyon, the Kaibab National Forest, the Paiute Indian Reservation, uranium mines, small Mormon towns, Lake Powell, the underground art world where Indian artifacts fetch big money from anonymous buyers from around the globe, and the forbidding Paria Plateau where all hell breaks loose at the Burial of the Magician.
Along the way we meet many colorful characters that seem to leap off the page – brave cowboys, dying Indians, the unluckiest birdwatcher on earth, drug-crazed bikers, Jack Mormons, eco-terrorists, a soul-catching Killer who knows the Ritual of the Feather and the Fur, and the unstoppable Jenny Hatch who enters the spirit world and comes out on the other side.
Kachina Roulette
An old Hopi medicine man is brutally murdered during a pilgrimage to a secret shrine near the Grand Canyon. The gruesome murder is investigated by Jenny Hatch, the U.S. Forest Service archaeologist, and all of the clues to the mystery seem to lead back to ancient Hopi legends. The suspects include: a belligerent uranium mine owner; a renegade Indian leader of the Ghost Shirters; the flamboyant spiritual leader of the Crystal Heads; a rebel Hopi politician running for Tribal Chairman; the powerful Kachina Masaw; and even the Hopi traditionalist who was beheaded. Throw in a long lost map, and you have all the ingredients for the wondrous return of Masaw.
“Kachina Roulette” is the second book in the Jenny Hatch mystery series, following on the heels of the very popular “Anasazi Strip”. It is a fascinating tale of greed, environmental justice, lost legends, and playing with fire as powerful forces come together at the Black Butte Mine, each trying to pull the Kachina trigger without getting killed.
Best of the Southwest – The Canyonlands Travel Guide for a One-Week (or Two-Week) Trip of a Lifetime
I worked for 15 years for the U.S. Forest Service on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and spent almost every weekend exploring the wonders of the American Southwest. My last trip was in the summer of 2017, to check and verify each recommendation in this book.
This guide book is the second in a series called the “Best of the Southwest”, and it is divided into two parts, featuring a 7-day and a 14-day trip out of the hub city of Salt Lake City, Utah. It covers a rather loosely defined geographical area of Eastern Utah that I call Canyonlands, and I will unlock the secrets of this magical part of America. Your journey will take you to wondrous places with exotic names: Flaming Gorge; Dinosaur National Monument; The Wedge and Buckhorn Wash area of the San Rafael River; Arches National Park; Moab; Canyonlands National Park; the Abajo and Manti-LaSal Mountains; unique Mormon towns like Monticello, Blanding, and Bluff; the San Juan River and Mexican Hat; the Goosenecks; the Moki Dugway; Muley Twist; Cedar Mesa and Grand Gulch; Natural Bridges and the infamous Bears Ears; White Canyon; the weird crossroads town of Hanksville and the spooky ghost town of Hite on the dried up shores of Lake Powell; Goblin Valley; Capitol Reef; Fish Lake; the volcanic hills of the Koosharem Valley; the techno-towns of Provo and Orem; and then back to the grand Temple in Salt Lake City.
I am going to show you the best places to shop, buy your liquor and supplies, where to stay for the night or even camp if you like to rough it, the best hikes and entertaining cultural attractions, and the best places to eat. I will take all of the guesswork out of your exciting and fun trip to the Southwest.
The Best of the Southwest series gives you very few choices. I lived in the Southwest and explored the Canyonlands for fifteen years. I know it like the back of my hand. I know the best places to eat, stay, visit, and hike. And if you were doing the trip with me, we would follow my itinerary to the letter. That’s why you paid for the book: to find out the best things to do and how to do them in a logical way, given the limited time you will be vacationing.
Rather than give you a list of restaurants in each town organized by cuisine and price, I tell you where I would eat. And instead of listing all the hikes in a park organized by their difficulty and length, I steer you to the best hikes. Hotels are always a subjective and budgetary consideration. I don’t spend a lot of time in the hotel. I sleep there and then leave and maybe use the pool. So, I don’t need luxury. You might feel different about that, and that’s fine.
I have provided handy URL links to each attraction listed in this book, so you can find additional information and get the up-to-date prices and conditions. But please keep in mind that the links were created in 2017. Links die. Businesses close. The Southwest is fluid and always changing. So, before you leave on your trip, you should check the links to make sure they are still valid, and if they aren’t, make a note of the new ones.
The seven days and fourteen days trips are not identical. In most respects they are quite different. For instance, the first four days of the longer trip cover a vast area that will not be visited by those doing the shorter trip. But some of the days do mirror one another (Arches, Canyonlands – Island in the Sky, Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon, and some of Capitol Reef), so there is some unavoidable repetition.
As an added bonus, I am going to fill in your days with many helpful “Insider Tips” that will give you information about the places you visit that few people know about.
And I will also show you how the save your hard-earned money!
So, just load this trusty guide onto your smartphone or iPad, follow my handy dandy directions, and the Canyonlands will come alive beyond your wildest dreams.
The Best of the Southwest – The Grand Circle Travel Guide for a One-Week (or Two-Week) Trip of a Lifetime
I worked for 15 years for the U.S. Forest Service about ten miles from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
My last visit was in the spring of 2015, so the information in this guide book is up-to-date.
I also provide the direct links to the various attractions so you can get the latest information and prices.
This guide book is divided into two parts, featuring a 7-day trip and a 14-day trip, covering a spectacular area of mountains, high desert, and wondrous canyons often referred to by the Chamber of Commerce folks as the Grand Circle – Zion, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Bryce, and Cedar Breaks.
I am going to show you the best places to shop, buy your liquor, find a good hotel room or camp, the premiere hikes in each park, where to grab the best meals, and what it all might cost. I will take all of the guess work out of your trip to the American Southwest.
And for those using the Kindle version of the book, each item of interest is linked to the Table of Contents, so you don’t have to scroll through the book and can find out exactly what you need to know with a click of a button.
As an added bonus, I am going to fill in your days with many helpful Insider Tips that will give you information about the places you visit that few people know about.
And I will also show you how the save your hard-earned money! So, just load this trusty guide onto your smart phone or iPad, follow my handy dandy directions, and the Canyon-lands will come alive beyond your wildest dreams.
Water Views Collected Photographic and Literary Perspectives of Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay
Renowned photographer Marion E. Warren co-authored his latest book with two prominent members of the Annapolis community. They are esteemed writer and environmentalist Stephen Carr and award-winning editorial illustrator Eric Smith. The rewards of blending into a single work the talents of these three creative men are extraordinary. This book is a unique collection of photographic and literary perspectives on Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay.
- Sold by author at: steve.carr567@gmail.com
- Signed copy for $20 includes shipping & handling