The Quiet Mountains: A Ten-Year Search for the Last Wild Trout of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental.THE QUIET MOUNTAINS: A Ten-Year Search for the Last Wild Trout of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oc·ci·den·tal A mountain range of northwest Mexico running parallel to the Pacific coastline and adjoining the Mexican plateau. It extends for about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) southward from the border of Arizona. Noun 1. REX JOHNSON Rex David Johnson (Born November 8, 1937 in Colton, California) is a former professional football and baseball player. He played 1 year, the 1960 NFL Season as a halfback and kick/punt returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers. JR. Books on fly fishing come in several forms, none of which resembles The Quiet Mountains. This isn't a travel book, and it's not about the environment. It's not a coffee-table book cof·fee-ta·ble book n. An oversize book of elaborate design that may be used for display, as on a coffee table. coffee-table book Noun a large expensive illustrated book Noun 1. , or a book on fishing. Johnson set out to write a guidebook on trout fishing in Mexico but ended up spending 10 years recording the changes that occur in a land and its people as the modern world reaches them. David Burckhalter's spectacular photographs illustrate the beauty of this remote world. This book should please any one interested in Mexican history and ecology--or fishing. University of New Mexico Press The University of New Mexico Press, founded in 1929, is a university press that is part of the University of New Mexico. External link
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