The Lost Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing

by David R. Wilcox

In the fall of 1886, Boston philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway sponsored an archaeological expedition to the American Southwest. Directed by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing, the Hemenway Expedition sought to trace the ancestors of the Zu is with an eye toward establishing a museum for the study of American Indians. In the third year of fieldwork, Hemenway's overseeing board fired Cushing based on doubts concerning his physical health...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816522693
• ISBN13: 9780816522699
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"