Help Publish This Geoglyph Book!

As many of you know, I’m a huge book person.  Always reading, writing, or editing (my work or others!) I’ve worked with books forever. I even went to “library school” to become an archivist.

So it should be no surprise that one of my dreams has always been to publish a book.   And now I’ve got the chance!

I've been working with Harry Casey on a photography book. Harry Casey is a life long Brawley, California resident. For the last 35 years he worked with Imperial Valley College archaeologist and professor Jay von Werlhof on an amazing labor of love: documenting the hundreds of (virtually unknown) geoglyphs of Southern California and Arizona. He has taken thousands of aerial images of geoglyphs across Southeastern California and Southwestern Arizona- also known as “America’s Nazca Lines”.
"Yuha Geoglyph complex"

Harry has donated his entire photograph collection (over 8,000 images!) to the Imperial Valley Desert Museum .  While working at the museum I also became fascinated with geoglyphs and became determined to publish Harry’s life’s work so everyone can experience more of the beautiful mysteries of our deserts.

 I’ve spent the last month at the IVDM digitizing these images and talking with Sunbelt Publications  about publishing. Now it’s down to raising the money to make it happen!

The entire publication process will cost $10,600, to be paid in 2 installments- the first half due by October 30, 2017.

Help me make my dream and Harry’s a reality by getting Earthen Art of the Extreme Southwest published! 

I will thank everyone who donates by including their names in my acknowledgements in the book.

Let me know if you have any questions- I'd be happy to answer them!