Title: Some strange corners of our country : the wonderland of the Southwest /
Authors: Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926; Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933; Pérard, Victor Semon, 1870-1957; Linton, W. J. 1812-1897; Annin, Phineas F.; Bookhout, Edward; Heinemann, E. 1848-1912
Publisher: The Century Co.,
Year: 1892
Subjects: Indians of North America Southwest, New; Natural history Southwest, New; Southwest, New Description and travel
Abstract: 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.
Contents: The grandest gorge in the world -- A forest of agate -- The American Sahara -- The rattlesnake dance -- Where they beg the bear's pardon -- The witches' corner -- The magicians -- The self-crucifiers -- Homes that were forts -- Montezuma's well -- Montezuma's castle -- The greatest natural bridge on earth -- The stone autograph-album -- The rivers of stone -- The Navajo basket -- The blind hunters -- Finishing an Indian boy -- The praying smoke -- The dance of the sacred bark -- Doctoring the years -- An odd people at home -- A saint in court.