If heading to Copper Canyon, and you'd like to know a little history or story before your departure, or have a good book to read on the train ride up, these are recommended:
- In the Sierra Madre, by Jeff Biggers University of Illinois Press (memoir of an American who lived among the Tarahumara, and spins stories of history, adventure)
- Tarahumara: Where Night Is the Day of the Moon by Bernard L. Fontana University of Arizona Press (Anthropologist's look at the region during a trip or two)
- Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara: A Photohistory of the People of the Edge by Dirk Raat University of Oklahoma Press (Some great photos and comments)
