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Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography

By Left Handed

Book information

Publisher
Bison Books
Year
2018
ISBN
9781496206220, 2017054281, 9781496205155, 9781496206213, 9781496206237
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1704324 bytes)
Series
Bison Classic Editions
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-02 04:29:54
HIS028000HistoryNonfictionSOC021000Sociology

Description

With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring of 1868 "when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of [his] thumbnail," of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan, and of his sexual awakening. As he grows older, his account turns to life in the open: nomadic cattle-raising, farming, trading, communal enterprises, tribal dances and ceremonies, lovemaking, and marriage. As Left Handed grows in understanding and stature, the accumulated wisdom of his people is revealed to him. He learns the Navajo lifeway, which is founded on the principles of honesty, foresightedness, and self-discipline. The style of the narrative is almost biblical in its rhythms, but biblical, too, in many respects, is the traditional way of life it recounts.

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