Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859–1928)
Autor von The Land of Poco Tiempo
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Charles F. Lummis, who founded the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles
Bildnachweis: 1897 photograph (LoC Prints and Photographs, LC-USZ62-95549)
Werke von Charles Fletcher Lummis
Mesa, canon and pueblo : our wonderland of the Southwest, its marvels of nature, its pageant of the earth building, its… (1925) 14 Exemplare
The Spanish pioneers and the California missions 4 Exemplare
The Enchanted Burro: and Other Stories as I Have Known Them From Maine to Chile and California (2009) 2 Exemplare
The works of Chas. F. Lummis — Autor — 2 Exemplare
Birch bark poems 2 Exemplare
Los Angeles : a bicentennial salute 1 Exemplar
The Southwestern wonderland 1 Exemplar
LOS EXPLORADORES ESPAOLES DEL SIGLO XVL 1 Exemplar
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The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Mitwirkender — 258 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1859-03-01
- Todestag
- 1928-11-25
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- Sterbeort
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Wohnorte
- Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Isleta, New Mexico, USA - Ausbildung
- Harvard University
- Berufe
- magazine editor
journalist
historian
ethnographer
poet - Beziehungen
- Hall, Sharlot (protege)
- Organisationen
- Landmarks Club
Sequoya League
Southwest Society
Bibliosmiles
Arroyo Seco Association
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1908)
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Mexico of To-day: The Awakening of a Nation von Charles F. Lummis
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Amazing adventure story as one man makes his way across the U.S. from Ohio to California on foot in 1884. (3607 miles-43 days) published in 1892.
This is an account written a few years after the fact, of the author's walk from Cincinnati Ohio to Los Angeles, CA in 1884. The author made a deal with the publisher of the LA Times that if he walked the distance, and submitted reports to the paper along the way, then he would become editor upon his arrival. The book is well written. It is not really a gripping story, but today it is interesting to read an account of the American West during a relatively short period when it was not quite wild, but not yet overcome by civilization. It might also be interesting to read the original reports. I don't know if those are available.… (mehr)
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