Bernard L. Fontana is the author of many articles and books, including Entrada: The Legacy of Spain and Mexico in the United States. He is also the author of Biography of a Desert Church: The Story of Mission San Xavier del Bac, which remains the standard source on the mission's history. Edward McCain is an award-winning photojournalist and landscape and art photographer. He has lectured on photography at universities and workshops across the country. Winner of the 2003 Arizona Highways magazine's Gold Award for Photographic Excellence, his work has appeared in such publications as Arizona Highways, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Sunset Magazine, and U.S. News and World Report.
"This remarkable inventory of the church's riches in art, down to
the last detail of interior and facade, is splendidly recorded by
photographer Edward McCain in addition to Fontana's informative
text."
--California Territorial Quarterly "A symphony of words and images
and a fitting homage to the early Southwest's greatest
architectural monument. This book is a stunning achievement."
--John P. Schaefer, former president of the University of Arizona
and co-founder of the University of Arizona's Center for Creative
Photography
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