Frank Waters

"Thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona ... reveal the Hopi worldview. They record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies ..."--Publisher's description from back cover.

The story of Martiniano, the man who killed the deer, is a timeless story of Pueblo Indian sin and redemption, and of the conflict between Indian and white laws.

Frank Waters' personal account of living with Hopi Indians. Concentrates on the diametrically opposed white and Indian views of life - the white's compulsion to subdue nature and the Indian's mystical rapport with plants, the land and animals.

"Based on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the story of Helen Chalmer, a person in tune with her adopted environment and her neighbors in the nearby Indian pueblo and also a friend of the first atomic scientists. The secret evolution of atomic research is a counterpoint to her psychic development"--Amazon.com.

The great variety of wild and beautiful desert is seen through the photographs of landscape photographer David Muench and the words of author Frank Waters.