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Letters from the Southwest, September 20, 1884 to March 14, 1885

By: Charles Fletcher Lummis

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Letters from the Southwest, September 20, 1884 to March 14, 1885

By: Charles Fletcher Lummis

Lummis' other set of letters, to the Los Angeles times, are well-known as the basis for his A Tramp across the continent (Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1892). These are the 24 letters written to the Chillicothe Leader. They are more robust than the Times versions, which were more deliberately crafted, more commercial. An essential for Western collections. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Arizona Press

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0816510393

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9780816510399

The Delight Makers

By: Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier,Charles Fletcher Lummis

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The Delight Makers

By: Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier,Charles Fletcher Lummis

The Delight Makers (1890) is a novel by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier with an introduction by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Written after nearly a decade of research spent living among the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, The Delight Makers attempts to recreate the past through a blend of fiction and historical analysis. This unique anthropological novel, although naturally limited in scope due to Bandelier’s western worldview, is nevertheless a fascinating example of creative scholarship and a well-intentioned project by an important preservationist of America’s indigenous history. “It is a narrow valley, nowhere broader than half a mile; and from where it begins in the west to where it closes in a dark and gloomy entrance, scarcely wide enough for two men to pass abreast, in the east, its length does not exceed six miles. Its southern rim is formed by the slope of a timbered mesa, and that slope is partly overgrown by shrubbery.” Set in the beautiful landscape of New Mexico, The Delight Makers is the story of the Queres, ancestors of the modern Pueblos. Once a powerful people ruled by the secretive Koshare, or “Delight Makers,” the Queres faced opposition between local clans and eventually engaged in a catastrophic war with the Tehua tribe. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Delight Makers is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513217402

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9781513217406

Some Strange Corners of Our Country

By: Charles Lummis

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Some Strange Corners of Our Country

By: Charles Lummis

Lummis's prose portraits of the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Montezuma Castle, and other sites reflect the author's knowledge of Southwest anthropology and history.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816533148

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9780816533145

Pueblo Indian Folk-stories

By: Charles Fletcher Lummis

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Pueblo Indian Folk-stories

By: Charles Fletcher Lummis

Charles F. Lummis's profound understanding of Indian and Spanish culture in the American Southwest is reflected in this collection of thirty-two myths centering around the Pueblo of Isleta on the Rio Grande. In adapting these traditional oral tales, Lummis drew on his experience of living at Isleta and his familiarity with the native language. originally published in 1894, Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories is as enchanting as ever. Seven elders seated around a campfire take turns telling about Antelope Boy. the fabled coyote, the man who married the moon, the snake-girls, the sobbing pine, the feathered barbers, the hero twins, the revengeful fawns, and other natural and supernatural entities. Beautifully wrought, these wisdom and initiation stories speak to all who have not lost their sense of wonder.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803279388

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9780803279384

A Tramp Across the Continent

By: Charles F. Lummis

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A Tramp Across the Continent

By: Charles F. Lummis

When young Charles Lummis heard about a job in the small town of Los Angeles more than a century ago, he walked all the way to it?across the plains, up Pike's Peak, down Devil's Gorge, through the Grand Canyon, over the desert. It was, by conservative estimate, one of the grandest hikes in American history. With no reason to be modest, Lummis called his "unpretentious" account of it "the wayside notes of a happy vagabonding.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803279086

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9780803279087

Encyclopedia of the American West

By: Charles Phillips

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Encyclopedia of the American West

By: Charles Phillips

The Encyclopedia focuses on the people and peoples of the West, approaching the region as a collection of multiethnic frontiers and as the spawning ground for an array of industries and enterprises that each gave rise to its own culture and carried with it important ecological consequences."--p. xi.

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MacMillan Reference Library

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0028974956

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9780028974958

A Bronco Pegasus

By: Charles F. Lummis

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A Bronco Pegasus

By: Charles F. Lummis

The poems of Charles Fletcher Lummis, gathered together in this volume, A Bronco Pegasus, vividly reflect the adventure, enterprise, and experiences of an exceedingly eventful life. Lummis' only collection of verse includes poetic tributes to Thomas Moran, Mary Garden, John C. Fremont, Schumann-Heink, John Burroughs, John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, Bob Burdette, and Geronimo, as well as a chilling parody of Poe's Annabel Lee entitled Cannibalee. Although Lummis was a great champion of Western Literature, he was a mediocre poet himself, and this work perhaps best serves as a poetic touchstone to inspired moments in Lummis' own life. With the manuscript completed in late October of 1928, a bound copy of the finished book was air mailed to Lummis by his publishers less than a month before his death on November 24. Charles Lummis (1859-1928) was an author, journalist, editor, photographer, Los Angeles city librarian, adventurer, close friend and Harvard classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, and championof the American Indian. He walked from Cincinnati to Los Angeles in the winter of 1884-1885 to accept a job on the then three-year old Los Angeles Times.

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1410106217

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Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

By: Charles F. Lummis

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Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

By: Charles F. Lummis

Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) was an American journalist and Indian activist. He is also acclaimed as a historian, photographer, poet and librarian. Lummis enrolled in Harvard and was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, but dropped out during his senior year. While at Harvard he worked during the summer as a printer and published his first work, Birch Bark Poems, a small volume of his works printed on paper thin sheets of birch bark, winning him acclaim from Life magazine and recognition from some of the day's leading poets. In 1884, Lummis was working for a newspaper in Cincinnati when he was offered a job with the Los Angeles Times. Lummis decided to make the 3,500 mile journey from Cincinnati to Los Angeles on foot, taking 143 days, all the while sending weekly dispatches to the paper chronicling his trip. In 1892, his writings during the trip were published as a book, A Tramp Across the Continent. His other works include: The Land of Poco Tiempo (1893), The Spanish Pioneers (1893) and General Crook and the Apache Wars (1966).

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1409968677

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9781409968672

Under the Maples - The Last Portrait of John Burroughs

By: Charles F. Lummis,John Burroughs

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Under the Maples - The Last Portrait of John Burroughs

By: Charles F. Lummis,John Burroughs

This volume contains a fantastic collection of nature poetry by American journalist Charles Fletcher Lummis. "Under the Maples" is highly recommended for fans of nature writing and poetry, and it is not to be missed by collectors of Lummis's beautiful work. Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859 - 1928) was an American journalist and activist for Native American rights and preservation. He was a traveller in the American Southwest, and became famous there as an historian, ethnographer, photographer, archaeologist, librarian, and poet. Other notable works by this author include: "New Mexican Folk Songs" (1952), "General Crook and the Apache Wars" (1966), "Bullying The Moqui" (1968). Contents include: "The Falling Leaves", "The Pleasures Of A Naturalist", "The Flight Of Birds", "Bird Intimacies", "A Midsummer Idyl", "Near Views Of Wild Life", "With Roosevelt At Pine Knot", "A Strenuous Holiday", "Under Genial Skies", "A Sheaf Of Nature Notes", "Ruminations", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Read Books Ltd

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147334641X

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SOME STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR CO

By: Charles Fletcher 1859-1928 Lummis

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SOME STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR CO

By: Charles Fletcher 1859-1928 Lummis

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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1371531595

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Book's by Charles Fletcher 1859-1928 Lummis

Letters from the Southwest, September 20, 1884 to March 14, 1885

Letters from the Southwest, September 20, 1884 to March 14, 1885

The Delight Makers

The Delight Makers

Some Strange Corners of Our Country

Some Strange Corners of Our Country

Pueblo Indian Folk-stories

Pueblo Indian Folk-stories

A Tramp Across the Continent

A Tramp Across the Continent

Encyclopedia of the American West

Encyclopedia of the American West

A Bronco Pegasus

A Bronco Pegasus

Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Under the Maples - The Last Portrait of John Burroughs

Under the Maples - The Last Portrait of John Burroughs

SOME STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR CO

SOME STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR CO

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