The Delight Makers (1890) is a novel by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier with an introduction by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Written after nearly a decade of research spent living among the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, The Delight Makers attempts to recreate the past through a blend of fiction and historical analysis. This unique anthropological novel, although naturally limited in scope due to Bandelier's western worldview, is nevertheless a fascinating...

Examines what is known about the Anasazi civilization, from the arrival of the Ancient Ones in North America 14,000 years ago to the lives of their present-day descendants, the Pueblo.

"In the 1920s a young U.S. Indian Service teacher and his wife, a USIS nurse, are posted to a remote New Mexico pueblo and must battle government policies to win over a wary people. Then a killing creates an ethical dilemma that threatens the couple's hopes and Awahi's ancient culture"--Provided by publisher.