The son of an engineer and a nurse, John V. Young was born January 25, 1909, in Oakland California. He attended San Jose State Teachers College (now State University) from 1927-1929. From 1929-1941, he worked as a report and editor for different newspapers in rural California. He then worked in public relations for an electronics firm as well as for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. From 1966, he was a free-lance writer. His publications include: The Grand Canyon, 1969; Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains, 1979 and 1984; State Parks of New Mexico, 1984; State Parks of Arizona, 1986; and Kokopelli Cassanova of the Cliff Dwellers : The Hunchbacked Flute Player,1990. Additionally, Young was the author of The Enchanted Chiricahuas, a serial publication for the journal Tombstone Epitaph. He has published articles and photographs with the New York Times, Travel, Better Camping, and Trailer Travel.

American Indian Heritage Foundation

This site contains a Resource Library, Tribal Directory, Action Center, and Indigenous Peoples' Literature links.

Grand Canyon Association

From the site: "Grand Canyon Association is a private, non-profit organization that operates bookstores in Grand Canyon National Park and provides financial and program support to the park service at Grand Canyon National Park."

National Park Service: Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Willcox, Arizona

From the site: "Fort Bowie commemorates in its 1000 acres, the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military. For more than 30 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were the focal point of military operations eventually culminating in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and the banishment of the Chiricahuas to Florida and Alabama."

When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic Over Monument Valley