From the sophistication of San Francisco to the desolation of Death Valley, the American West will bring your preconceptions to life: cowboys and Indians, the ghost towns of Arizona, the dream worlds of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In a pocketful of lively text and colour, This Way Western USA illuminates the history, culture and natural wonders of California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado -- where nature attains its most extravagant extremes.