THE PLACE WHERE SOULS ARE BORN : A Journey into the Southwest

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. First Edition, First Printing. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Travel narrative by Australian novelist, playwright & author Thomas Michael Keneally (1935-) best known for Schindler's Ark (1982), which has been reissued as Schindler's List), account of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, winner of the Booker Prize & adapted to film. This book chronicles Keneally's travels in Southwest America from the Rocky Mountains to the Mexican border --- a refreshing look at a region through Australian eyes of land & history chiefly the domain of American writers. 249 pgs, regional map to front, in 10 chapters: 1, Front Range a la Vogue; 2, Leadville Productions; 3, The Last Place Butch Stayed; 4, The Dinosaur & the Prophet; 5, The Basin-and-Land-of-Dixie Blues; 6, The Anasazi Solstice; 7, The Mile-High North America; 8, Primeria Alta; 9, The Province of the Sun; and 10, Kachina Music.