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Mesa, Canon and Pueblo

by Lummis, Charles F.
Published by : D. Appleton-Century Company (New York) Physical details: 515 p. Year: 1925
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Based on the author's Some strange corners of our country. "Illustrated with nearly 100 rare photographs." Photographs by the author. Includes Appendix II "The Geology of the Grand Cañon" by Maj. J.W. Powell.

"See America first" -- The Grand Canon of Arizona -- The Grand Canon of, Continued -- Our own Sahara -- The strangest trap in the world -- A river overhead -- The oldest trees in the World -- The self-crucifiers -- The greatest natural bridges -- The dance of the deadly snakes -- Begging the bear's pardon -- The King of blankets -- Acoma, the City of the Sky -- The Enchanted Mesa -- The rivers of stone -- The first Americans -- Homes that were forts -- "Montezuma's well and castle" -- An odd people at home -- The wonder-workers --The Blind Hunters -- An older Salem -- Doctoring the year -- The dance of the Sacred Bark -- The praying smoke -- "Finiishing" an Indian boy -- A Saint in court -- The Jemez Plateau -- Yankees of the Southwest -- More of the Jemez Plateau -- The stone autograph-album -- Appendix

Based on the author's Some strange corners of our country. "Illustrated with nearly 100 rare photographs."