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"Author, photographer, historian, archeologist, and preservationist, Charles Fletcher Lummis stood tall in the affections of American Southwesterners at the turn of the 20th century. A flamboyant figure of enormous energy, he championed Indian rights and Hispanic culture, while introducing Easterners, through his many books, to the rich heritage of New Mexico, Arizona, and California. After years of fading from view, the large Lummis legacy is being rediscovered. His works are coming back into print and in 2006 the city of Los Angeles inaugurated an annual Lummis Day Festival. This little book can acquaint readers with a remarkable recorder of history and can help to reawaken interest in his efforts to preserve the distinctive cultures of the American Southwest. Additionally, this book contains, as its first chapter, the complete contents of the classic ""Two Southwesterners: Charles Lummis & Amado Chaves"" by Marc Simmons, originally published by San Marcos Press in 1968 and long unavailable until now."

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"Marc Simmons, besides being an aficionado of the writings of Charles F. Lummis, is himself a historian and prolific author. In 1993 he was knighted by order of the King of Spain for his publications on Spanish colonial history of the Southwest. Among his recent books are ""New Mexico Mavericks: Stories From A Fabled Past,"" ""Stalking Billy the Kid: Brief Sketches of a Short Life,"" ""Yesterday in Santa Fe: Episodes in a Turbulent History,"" ""Turquoise and Six-Guns: The Story of Cerrillos, New Mexico,"" and a new edition of ""Southwestern Colonial Ironwork,"" co-authored by Frank Turley, all published by Sunstone Press."

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