Tales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert

Contents

contents List of Illustrations viii 1. Traveling the Camino U.S. 380 1 2. The Wild Man 8 3. Elements 17 4. Foundations 27 5. Glyph Time 33 6. Artifacts 52 7. Rowena 70 8. The Coming of the Ingles 80 9. The Viejo 86 10. The Captains of Death and the Young Missouri Bride 92 11. Co√ee on the Porch of the Bar Cross Ranch 118 12. Valverde 127 13. The Life and Death of Victorio (On Seeing Apache Plume) 143 14. Two Writers of the Purple Sage 159 15. Virtual Fences and Real Neighbors 168 16. Flo Martin Puts Down Her Monkey Wrench 184 17. The Georgia Green Story 195 18. The Final Walk 200 19. Joe 208 Acknowledgments 217 Notes 221 Bibliography 239 ...