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Charles F. Lummis

    Charles Fletcher Lummis was an American journalist and an activist dedicated to Indian rights and historic preservation. A dedicated traveler of the American Southwest, he ultimately settled in Los Angeles, California. There, his diverse talents flourished as he became known as a historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet, and librarian, deeply invested in chronicling and safeguarding the region's past.

    A Tramp Across the Continent
    The Spanish Pioneers And The California Missions
    The Spanish Pioneers
    Flowers of our Lost Romance
    Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories
    The Land of Poco Tiempo
    • The Land of Poco Tiempo

      • 324 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history. From the initial westward migration, to exploration and development of the American West to daily life in the West and intimate pictures of the people who inhabited it, this collection offers American West enthusiasts a new glimpse at some forgotten treasures of American culture. Encompassing genres such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, tourist guides, biographies and drama, this collection provides a new window to the legend and realities of the American West.

      The Land of Poco Tiempo
    • The Spanish Pioneers

      • 308 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The Shelf2Life Colonial America (1492-1763) Collection is an intriguing set of pre-1923 volumes chronicling the people and events that shaped the United States in its early years.

      The Spanish Pioneers