Land of Poco Tiempo Author:Charles T. Lummis New Mexico is an enchanted land that challenges description, but in 1893 a young Harvard man picked up that challenge. This book, written about "the land of Pretty Soon," still stands as one of the best. In fact, Charles Lummis was first to label that region as The Southwest. He had earned the right to christen the land because he beca... more »me a part of it. Here he tells how he lived with the mysterious Penitentes as the foot of snow-capped, lava-based Mount Taylor. He did not merely visit Isleta Pueblo, he lived there. He climbed to the sky city of Acoma, and with the archaeologist Bandelier prowled the time-forgotten ruins in Frijoles Canyon.