Letters from the Southwest

In the fall of 1884, journalist Charles Lummis set out on foot from Ohio to California on assignment for the Los Angeles Times. The reports he mailed ahead to that newspaper were later refashioned for the book A Tramp Across the Continent, a work that helped to establish Lummis as the most active promoter of Southwestern culture who ever lived. But Lummis wrote another set of letters during his journey, assembled here by James W. Byrkit. These letters offer a far more candid look at the Southwest than Lummis was later to bring to print, as well as greater insight into the author's own personality.

About the author

James W. Byrkit is on the faculty of Northern Arizona University and is the author of Forging the Copper Collar: Arizona's Labor-Management War of 1901-1921. He began his research on the life of Charles Lummis in 1956, and during the centennial of the "tramp" toured the cities on Lummis's route with a multi-media program commemorating the trip.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Lummis
• Assisted by: James W Byrkit (Editor), James W. Byrkit (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780816539413
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3941-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Century Collection
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous