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The Resting Place

Oliver La Farge

First published October 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Dr. Hillebrand, an archaeologist, found sites no one else could; no one knew that it was because he communicated regularly with the spirit of a long departed Indian who told him where to look for relics. He grew old and lonely and his spirit adviser counseled him to leave the world. The younger men in his department are left looking for ways to continue his work.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1954 The New Yorker, October 16, 1954 MAGAZINE
October 1956 Cover The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories Bantam Books Anthology 142
1957 Cover A Pause in the Desert Houghton Mifflin Collection 157
1957 A Pause in the Desert Thomas Allen Collection
June 1965 Cover Géminis, Junio 30 1965 H. G. O. MAGAZINE 106
August 1980 50 Great American Short Stories Bantam Books Anthology 316
April 1990 Cover Western Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American West Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 99
November 1991 Cover Great American Ghost Stories Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 499
1993 Cover Western Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American West Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 99
February 1993 Cover Great American Ghost Stories: Volume Two Berkley Books Anthology 243
March 1998 Cover Great American Ghost Stories Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 499