First Penthouse Dwellers of America by Underhill, Ruth Murray - 1976

W. Gannon, 1976-01-01. Unbound. Very Good. 8x6x0.

W. Gannon, 1976. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Fine. WELL-PRESERVED, UNREAD 1976 softcover. Facsimile reprint by Gannon (publisher) of the 1938 original. First edition thus. Bright, unmarked, well-bound pages, clean inside and out! Sharp edges and corners. Very nice! The "First Penthouse Dwellers of America" were the Indian Americans of the Pueblos, and this is their story. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Contents: Chapter 1: The First Americans; Chapter 2: The Peaceful Hopi; Chapter 3: Zuni the Center; Chapter 4: The Warriors of Keres; Chapter 5: The Catholic Tewa; Chapter 6: Taos by the Buffalo Country.

W. Gannon, 1976. Loose Leaf. Good.

W. Gannon, 1976-01-01. Loose Leaf. Used:Good.

Santa Fe, NM: William Gannon, 1976 William Gannon, Santa Fe, NM. 1976. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Reprint edition of the 1938 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumps to spine slick spot on heel of spine at bottom. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 155 pp. Pueblo is not the name of a tribe. It is merely the Spanish word for village and is applied to people who speak four different languages, pointing to at least four different places of origin. The peaceful Hopi, on the remote mesas of Arizona; the gentle Zuni, silversmiths and artists in pageantry; the Keres, with their traditions of war and mighty magic; the Tanoans, with their beautiful blend of Catholic and pagan ceremony." A story of the life and history of the Indians of the Cliff Dwellings. A clean pristine copy.