Jim Turner

About The Author

Arizona Historical Society’s beloved historian, Jim Turner, has worked with more than seventy local history museums. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story, and his pictorial history, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Turner moved to Tucson in 1951, earned an MA in U.S. history in 1999, and has been teaching Arizona history for 47 years. His numerous books include: The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf (2016), Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest (2018), and Arizona: A History of the Grand Canyon State (2021).

Books by Jim Turner

Arizona

A History of the Grand Canyon State

By Jim Turner
Historian and raconteur Jim Turner has done it again! Writing for all residents but especially recent retirees, seasonal residents, and new arrivals who want to learn about their new home, Jim ushers you from the times of ancient cliff dwellings to biotech firms, with fascinating stories
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