Wildsam Field Guides: Santa Fe (Paperback)

Santa Fe, the City Different, is a place to revel in the space between ground and sky. Wildsam Field Guides: Santa Fe unpacks local intel to reveal the romantic, complicated, and evolving landscape of this Southwestern city and its people.

Get local stories and recommendations for Santa Fe, including:

• Expert picks for sopaipillas, galleries, vintage shops, horseback rides and chocolate drinking elixirs
• Original writing from first Navajo poet laureate Luci Tapahonso and author and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva
• Interviews with actress and community advocate Ali MacGraw, poet and MC Raashan Ahmad and chef Johnny Ortiz
• The secrets of the desert's intoxicating scents
• An illustrated guide to local artists
• Desert Southwest trails to lead you through rolling desert and aspen-dotted highlands
• Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy
• The history of adobe architecture
• New Mexico foodways and must-visit eateries

Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the "Traveler 50" award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.