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. But Lummis wrote another set of letters during his journey, assembled here by James W. Byrkit. These letters offer a far more candid look at the Southwest than Lummis was later ...
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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. But Lummis wrote another set of letters during his journey, assembled here by James W. Byrkit. These letters 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.
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