{"product_id":"pueblo-life-in-new-mexico-9798950630019","title":"Pueblo Life in New Mexico","description":"A collection of essays, originally published between 1891 and 1924, by Mary Austin, Clifton Johnson, D. H. Lawrence, Charles Lummis, Charles Saunders and Lilian Whiting on their travels to the American Southwest.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly in the twentieth century, some of the great travel writers of the day visited the American Southwest and found cultural treasures unknown to most of the people in the world, and certainly to the majority of Americans clustered along the coastlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir accounts were a revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday you can visit the same areas, see the same pueblos, and experience a living history of Native Americans that has been embedded in the landscape over millennia. Before you venture out, a reading of this collection of first impressions will provide a richer, deeper immersion in the history of this spectacular region and its native peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher's introduction: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the last decade of the 19th century, artists and other creative types began to gravitate to the new United States territory that has become known as the American Southwest. Painters found their way to Taos in New Mexico and artist and writer communities developed there and in nearby Santa Fe as early visitors encouraged others to come and be inspired by the beautiful light, extraordinary landscape and native cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRailroad expansion had made travel to the area easier by 1880, and tourism was heavily promoted. Harvey hotels sprang up at key train stops, offering a semblance of luxury to the intrepid traveler -- and organized excursions to far-flung pueblos and other places of interest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of essays, articles and excerpts from the writings of a few of those early visitors -- some who came to explore but left again and some who stayed and made a home in Northern New Mexico. Written between 1891 and 1924 each conveys an early impression of the people they encountered on their travels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitworth and I - Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950630019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Mary Hunter Austin,Clifton Johnson,D. H. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024822657205,"sku":"9798950630019","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798950630019.jpg?v=1787668021","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pueblo-life-in-new-mexico-9798950630019","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}