Astonishing Arizona Women with Author Tom Zoellner

Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona is a 790-mile journey through the physicality of our state — its canyons, mountains, cities, deserts, plateaus, reservoirs and small towns — but also its astonishing women who have shaped history and pioneered new ways of thinking. From Native women who re-enact their coming-of-age ceremony through the daily act of running through the canyon country, to a Latina graduate of Arizona State who becomes a trailblazing get-out-the-vote activist for the Democrats, to a dynamic Prescott native who sought a place with the Republicans, to the lauded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who remains a source of inspiration, the book is a celebration of Arizona’s women of all backgrounds.