Desert Drums: The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico 1540-1928 by Leo Crane [SOLD]

First edition. Octavo. 393 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout and 1 fold-out map. Full blue cloth, pictorially stamped with a feather and drums on front cover, gilt-stamped spine. Top edge gilt. 

Table of Contents

I The Pioneer Official, James S. Calhoun

II The City of the Holy Faith

III Laguna: on the Feast of San José

IV Laguna: The Landed Proprietors

V The Man in the Golden Helmet

VI Chauffeurs and Colonists

VII A Mystery at Acoma

VIII Christmas Revels

IX Conquistadors!

X The Crusader

XI The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico

XII “Infernal Affairs”

XIII Friends at Court

XIV The Riddle, the Bunk, and the Bursum Bill

XV The People of the Little Island

XVI Legends and Leases

XVII The Indian Who Got Away

XVIII “Mañana, and Mañana, and Mañana

Leo Crane was the Indian Agent at Keams Canyon for the Hopi and Navajo Tribes, starting in 1911. He then served as the agent for the Pueblo Tribes of New Mexico, and later was transferred to the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota. He authored two books on the southwest:

Indians of the Enchanted Desert

Desert Drums: The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, 1540-1928.

Condition: very good with previous owners’ names written on inner cover backing