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J. J. Augustin Publisher. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn and torn DJ missing large chips at the spine. Graduation gift inscription on half title page with graduation card in envelope on verso of endpaper, facing. Pages browned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pages .

Minimal library distinctions, "Property of the Federal Government, W.P.A. Arizona Statewide Project" stamped 1st Title Page, pocket intact (1 check out), otherwise, appears as near unblemished copy in tan cloth boards displaying minor surface/edge wear, with small tear at head of spine. This was probably an Indian Reservation copy. Publishers information pasted to FLEP, light age foxing.
Illustrated by Lilian J. Reichard & Gladys A. Reichard. The flow of daily life on the Navajo Reservation centered in the activities of the matriarch of the family group, vividly and poetically told by a sympathetic observer of the The People. Though the account is fictionalized to the extent that it does not describe any living person, there is probably more truth here than in many scientific reports.
The story is of Dezba, matron and head of a large Navajo household. Dezba's husband was a Silversmith, they had three children and many grandchildren. Along with Debza's brother, theirs… Read More