Adolph Bandelier

The Delight Makers Adolph Bandelier

Adolph Bandelier was a pioneer explorer and anthropologist of the American Southwest. He is immortalizd through the naming of one of the nation's lesser-known but most glorious treasures, Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fé, New Mexico. It features spectacular pre-European cave dwellings and natural volcanic features in a high desert setting. The Delight Makers is a remarkable novel grounded in Bandelier's deep personal know-ledge of the region and its native inhabitants.