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Letters from the Southwest: September 20, 1884, to March 14, 1885 - Couverture souple

Lummis, Charles

 
9780816539413: Letters from the Southwest: September 20, 1884, to March 14, 1885
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0816539413 ISBN 13 : 9780816539413
Editeur : University of Arizona Press, 2019

Synopsis

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.

Lummis wrote another set of letters during his journey, however, which he sent back to Ohio for publication by the Chillicothe Leader. Although these letters contain basically the same narrative as those sent to Los Angeles and later found in A Tramp, the Ohio letters more closely reflect the author's thoughts and observations while on the journey. In fact, a comparison of the two drafts indicates that Lummis spent considerable effort removing spontaneous details from the Ohio letters in favor or a more commercial, self-promoting, and politic reporting for the California paper.

The twenty-four Ohio letters, assembled here by James W. Byrkit, 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. Byrkit's introductory essay provides the background for Lummis's career, compares the three bodies of work relating to the trek, and offers an account of Lummis's transformation from chronicler to promoter.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
University of Arizona Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816539413
ISBN 13 
9780816539413
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Éditeur
Byrkit James W.
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