Ladies of the canyons :
by Poling-Kempes, Lesley
Published by : University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) Physical details: viii, 373 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm ISBN:9780816524945 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0816524947 (pbk. : alk. paper). ISSN:978081652| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 979.03109252 Pol (Browse shelf) | Available | State Grant In Aid | 103453 |
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Prologue : ladies of the canyons -- Imperfectly independent -- Land of ineffable light and sudden shadow -- Capturing the wind -- The Indians' book -- Time and the world -- Secrets and dualities -- Creating a brave new world -- Desert euphoria -- Walpi rendezvous -- A fine woman to be out with -- The city different -- Remarkable time, remarkable place -- A rare thing : becoming oneself -- A country of things in light -- Death in Paris -- City of ladies -- New women of the Rio Grande -- Roughneck and low-brow -- Everything and nothing -- Afterword : something of the spirit.
"Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of a group of remarkable women whose lives were transformed by the people and landscape of the American Southwest in the first decades of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
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