Dezba: woman of the desert (A Rio Grande classic) by Reichard, Gladys Amanda - 1971

Rio Grande Press, 1971. First, thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. 0x0x0. Hardcover. First printing. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. 8vo. 161pp.

Glorieta, New Mexico: The Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1973. First Printing Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. Reichard, Lilian J. - Photography. 161 Pages. Cream boards with blue and red lettering and decorationss. This is a quality reprint of the 1939 release by J.J. Augustin Publisher, New York. Illustrated with 19 black and white photograhs. This book gives a short accont of Navajo behavior and attitudes toward their complex social and religious organization, a picture of daily life and adaptation to notions which have introduced by the United States government. The author's primary purpose was to answer questions asked by laymen, teachers, writers, artists and tourists. The traveler who has wandered off the highway realizes that the desert supports a people attractive and colorful. Yet these brief contacts may leave the impression that they are so reserved as to be stolid, so patient as to be shiftless, so mobile as to be irresponsible, so acquisitive as to be beggarly.… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.