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The Land of Poco Tiempo
NEW MEXICO is an enchanted land that challenges description, but in 1893 a young Harvard man picked up that challenge. This book, written about "the land of Pretty-Soon," still stands as one of the best. In fact, Charles Lummis was first to label that region The Southwest. He had earned the right to christen the land because he became a part of it. Here he tells how he lived with the mysterious Penitentes at the foot of snow-capped, lava-based Mount Taylor. He did not merely visit Isleta Pueblo, he lived there. He climbed to the sky city of Acoma, and with the archaeologist Bandelier prowled the time-forgotten ruins in Frijoles Canyon.
The Los Angeles Times says Land of Poco Tiempo is ". . . read¬able and relevant today. No observer has presented New Mexico's people and landscape more perceptively and convincingly." Paul A. F. Walter, in his foreword to this reprint edition, says, "If you have time for only one book on the Southwest, read The Land of Poco Tiempo."
Lummis, who went on to California to found the Southwest Museum, was knighted by the King of Spain for research in Spanish-American history and became one of the greatest South¬western writers.
In these pages you see again the secret, sacred crucifixion rites of the Penitentes, ride the last war trail in pursuit of Geronimo's Apaches, and hear the old Spanish ballads as Lummis captured them.
Cover Illustration: Dan Stouffer
The Los Angeles Times says Land of Poco Tiempo is ". . . read¬able and relevant today. No observer has presented New Mexico's people and landscape more perceptively and convincingly." Paul A. F. Walter, in his foreword to this reprint edition, says, "If you have time for only one book on the Southwest, read The Land of Poco Tiempo."
Lummis, who went on to California to found the Southwest Museum, was knighted by the King of Spain for research in Spanish-American history and became one of the greatest South¬western writers.
In these pages you see again the secret, sacred crucifixion rites of the Penitentes, ride the last war trail in pursuit of Geronimo's Apaches, and hear the old Spanish ballads as Lummis captured them.
Cover Illustration: Dan Stouffer
250 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1893
About the author
Charles F. Lummis
153 books20 followersCharles Fletcher Lummis was a United States journalist and an activist for Indian rights and historic preservation. A traveler in the American Southwest, he settled in Los Angeles, California, where he also became known as a historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet and librarian. (Source: Wikipedia)
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