As an author and photographer duo, they reveal both the scenic beauty of the landscape and the history behind it.
--Albuquerque the Magazine

Muench's pictures span decades and illustrate his fascination with the mountain. His photography honors its historic relevance for those who live nearby and for the people who visit this part of northern New Mexico.
--Cibola Citizen

Muench's pictures span decades and illustrate his fascination with the mountain. His photography honors its historic relevance for those who live nearby and for the people who visit this part of northern New Mexico.
--Cibola Citizen

This lusciously produced volume consists of images by celebrated landscape photographer David Muench, plus a wise and lyrical essay by Ruth Rudner. . . . Bringing [Muench's] prowess to the mountain he knows best represents a gift to everyone in the state.
--New Mexico Magazine

This quiet, reflective, and beautiful photo-essay is a love poem, a gentle evocation, and a heartfelt appreciation of Sandia Peak, a mountain the author and photographer have lived near and been nurtured by for many years.--John Nichols, author of My Heart Belongs to Nature: A Memoir in Photographs and Prose

It's high time a book such as this was written. Ruth Rudner does an exemplary job of bringing into focus the conflict and resolution of the nearly 270-year-long saga of the mountain held sacred by the original inhabitants of the Rio Grande Valley who regarded Sandia as their mountain and the more recent residents of the valley who consider the Sandia Mountains the soul of Albuquerque and a part of the fabric of their life. It is also a personal narrative and a good read. Add to that the incomparable images by David Muench. Anytime David Muench releases the shutter is cause for celebration! His photographs evoke the mood, personality, and beauty of the mountain known as Sandia.--Mike Butterfield, author of New Mexico's High Peaks: A Photographic Celebration