Record details

• ISBN: 0826306187
• ISBN: 9780826306180
• Physical Description: xiii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
• Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1982]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176).

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- The time of staying still -- The eagle -- The indispensable bookman -- Part of the earth -- The land grant, the curse of New Mexico -- Inside a poverty pocket -- Dark age past -- Two revolts -- The Indian is a deer -- The peyote cult -- The Penitentes -- The prevalence of witches -- The non-artist's life: The painters discover Taos; Slings and bear traps; An act of enchantment -- Three women of Taos: Mabel [Dodge Luhan]; [Dorothy] Brett; Frieda [Lawrence] -- Taos in D.H. Lawrence -- Figures in a mountain landscape: Becky James; Pat Barela; Gisella [Chase]; Spud [Walter Willard] Johnson; Miss Lizzie [Anderson]; Dennis Hopper -- Taos observed -- Taosiana -- Piñon smoke -- Notes.

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Subject:

Taos (N.M.) > Description and travel.
Taos (N.M.) > History.
Taos Indians.
Travel.
New Mexico > Taos.

Genre:

History.