by Charles Lummis foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell
University of Arizona Press, 1989 Paper: 978-0-8165-0852-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8165-3314-5 (standard) Library of Congress Classification F786.L945 1989 Dewey Decimal Classification 917.9042
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I THE GRANDEST GORGE IN THE WORLD 1
II A FOREST OF AGATE 20
III THE AMERICAN SAHARA 28
IV THE RATTLESNAKE DANCE 43
V WHERE THEY BEG THE BEAR'S PARDON 58
VI THE WITCHES' CORNER 66
VII THE MAGICIANS 75
VIII THE SELF-CRUCIFIERS 90
IX HOMES THAT WERE FORTS 94
X MONTEZUMA'S WELL 122
XI MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE 134
XII THE GREATEST NATURAL BRIDGE ON EARTH 142
XIII THE STONE AUTOGRAPH-ALBUM 163
XIV THE RIVERS OF STONE 183
XV THE NAVAJO BLANKET 198
XVI THE BLIND HUNTERS 208
XVII FINISHING AN INDIAN BOY 219
viii SOME STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR COUNTRY.
XVIII THE PRAYING SMOKE 228
XIX THE DANCE OF THE SACRED BARK 235
XX DOCTORING THE YEAR 243
XXI AN ODD PEOPLE AT HOME 255
XXII A SAINT IN COURT 262