Bibliograph

Ladies of the canyons, a league of extraordinary women and their adventures in the American Southwest, Lesley Poling-Kempes

Type

Label

Ladies of the canyons, a league of extraordinary women and their adventures in the American Southwest, Lesley Poling-Kempes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ladies of the canyons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904755805

Responsibility statement

Lesley Poling-Kempes

Sub title

a league of extraordinary women and their adventures in the American Southwest

Summary

"Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of a group of remarkable women whose lives were transformed by the people and landscape of the American Southwest in the first decades of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue : ladies of the canyons -- Imperfectly independent -- Land of ineffable light -- Capturing the wind -- The Indians' book -- Time and the world -- Secrets and dualities -- Creating a brave new world -- Desert euphoria -- Walpi rendezvous -- A fine woman to be out with -- The city different -- Remarkable time, remarkable place -- A rare thing : becoming oneself -- A country of things in light -- Death in Paris -- City of ladies -- New women of the Rio Grande -- Roughneck and low-brow -- Everything and nothing -- Afterword : something of the spirit

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