Download or read book Dune Country written by Janice Emily Bowers and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to public perception, sand dunes are not barren piles of sand. They are alive with plant life. The dunes themselves even move, sometimes several inches a year. In Dune Country Janice Emily Bowers takes readers from New Mexico's White Sands to Utah's Coral Pink Dunes to the Death Valley dunes of California and beyond. Beautifully written and illustrated, Dune Country is a perfect introduction to the fragile ecosystems of sand dunes.