This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...distinctly modeled to resemble the creature described in classical mythology as the Satyr. My second visit to the Rito was in the summer of 1912 after a long hard trip to the newly discovered cliff dwellings in Laguna Canyon in northern Arizona. I drove out from Santa Fe in a wagon and arrived at the end of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...distinctly modeled to resemble the creature described in classical mythology as the Satyr. My second visit to the Rito was in the summer of 1912 after a long hard trip to the newly discovered cliff dwellings in Laguna Canyon in northern Arizona. I drove out from Santa Fe in a wagon and arrived at the end of the road on the rim of the Rito late in the day. I left my blanket roll in the wagon and climbed down the steep foot trail into the valley. The management is supposed to take care of the baggage and it is usually packed down the trail by the Indian helpers. It happened that on this day the Indians were on a strike and refused to do any work. The situation was reported to the management and a bed was promised that did not materialize; and when I realized that I could get no lodging I recalled my old cave in the cliff, which upon inquiry I found was vacant. I dreaded to sleep without a bed in the cold, as the summer nights at that altitude are decidedly chilly, but there was no help for it. I procured a tallow candle and some matches from the commissary and picked my way over a dim trail in the dark, to the cave. Having no bed I lay down on the hard stone floor in my clothes, or rather my shirt sleeves, as I used my coat for a pillow. The next morning after I awoke I smiled to myself when I realized what a comfortable night I had spent as I had expected to be frozen stiff before morning. It reminded me, however, of a night that was passed less comfortably many years ago, while fighting in the trenches under the walls of Fort Negly, during the battle of Nashville in the Civil War. It was in the winter when a terrific sleet storm struck our command and covered everything with a thick coat of ice. Being without cover we lay down upon the ice to...
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Good with no dust jacket. First edition. Not signed. Hard cover published by G. P. Putnams Sons in 1920. No DJ. Corners of covers are bumped and worn, with some wrinkling. Back cover is stained in middle. Top end of spine is worn some, with some fraying. Covers and spine have some edge wear. Front cover curves up slightly at bottom corner. Spine is loose from binding. Hinge is tearing inside back cover.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 311 pages.
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