desert calendar - Desert Magazine of the Southwest

INDIANS • ARCHEOLOGY • LOST TREASURE
Here is a selected list of Southwestern books which are recommended for
your vacation reading this summer—books which will give you a better
understanding of the great Desert Land of the Southwest.
Al ACOMA, Mrs. Wm. T. Sedgwick. Story of the
Indians in New Mexico's Sky City. Based on
diaries, archeological notes of Bandelier, Pewkes,
Parsons and Hodge, and legends and folklore. Endmaps,
photos, biblio., index, 318 pp $2.50
A3 BLOOD BROTHER, Elliott Arnold. Vivid realistic
novel of Apaches in Arizona, 1856-72.
Story of Cochise and Tom Jeffords, Indian agent
who worked with the Apache leader to end conflict
and who became his blood brother. Also the tragic
love story of Jeffords and his Indian bride. Endmaps,
558 pp $3.50
A7 THE DELIGHT MAKERS, Adolf F. Bandelier.
Unusual, fascinating novel based on scientific
discoveries and legends. Recreates life of
prehistoric Indians of Frijoles canyon near Santa
Fe, now part of Bandelier National Monument.
Photos by Chas. F. Lummis. 490 pp $3.00
A12 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST, Pliny
Earle Goddard. Useful, popular handbook,
covering the Ancient Peoples of the Southwest, the
Pueblo Dwellers, the Village Dwellers (Pima and
Papago) and the Camp Dwellers (Athapascan, Yuman).
Maps, photos, biblio., index, 205 pp $2.00
A15 MARIA, Potter of San Ildcfonso, Alice Marriott.
Deeply moving life story of a great
artist and that of her husband Julian, whose signatures
appear on some of the most beautiful
Indian pottery to come out of the Southwest—the
San Ildefonso. Told largely in Maria's own words.
Profuse illus $3.75
A16 NAVAJO SHEPHERD AND WEAVER,
Gladys A. Reichard. Comprehensive work on
Navajo weaving technique and symbolism based on
author's personal experience in the Indian Country.
Materials, technique, patterns, symbolism, actual
weaving lessons. How to buy Navajo rugs. For
artists, craftsmen, historians, collectors. Illus.,
glossary, index $5.00
A17 SOUTHWESTERN ARCHEOLOGY, John G.
McGregor. Outline of archeological findings
from 1880 to present day. Important summary and
classification. Appen., biblio., index. Illus. 403
pp. 7x10 $6.00
A18 SPIN A SILVER DOLLAR, Alberta Hannum.
Story of Wide Ruins trading post in Arizona.
Delightful account of life with Navajo, highlighted
by the Indian boy artist, Little No-Shirt (Beatien
Yazz), and illustrated with 12 color reproductions
of his work $3.75
A20 HOPI KACHINA DOLLS. By Dr. Harold S.
Colton, director of the Museum of Northern
Arizona. Identifying 250 different Kachinas. Includes
55 pages of Kachina Doll heads and 8 pages
of colored photos. Index. 144 pp $7.50
A21 CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE, Dorothea
Leighton and Clyde Kluckhohn. Story of the
Navajo individual and his development—points of
view derived from medicine, psychology and anthropology.
Many photos, index, biblio, maps, 277
pp $5.00
A22 THE NAVAJO, Dorothea Leighton and Clyde
Kluckhohn. What are the Navajo today? How
do they live together and with other races? What
is their philosophy of life? A review of Navajo
history from archeological times to present.
Photos, index, biblio, 247 pp $5.00
A23 NAVAJOS, GODS, AND TOM TOMS. Where
and how do they live? What are the rites of
Navajo Medicine men? Dr. S. H. Babington gives
the answers. His first interest is that of a physician
but a wealth of other information completes a
picture of Navajoland. 41 photos, index, biblio, 346
pp $3.50
A24 SUN IN THE SKY. Daily life of the Hopi
Indians, their agriculture, construction of
houses, cookery, dress, personal traits, native arts,
weaving, basketry, making of pottery are graphically
described from personal observation by Walter
C.'O'Kane. 90 illustrations, 248 pp $4.00
A25 COWBOY AND INDIAN TRADER, Joseph
Schmedding. The author remained 23 years
in the Indian country—7 on the range and the
next 16 as trader in Keams Canyon. One of the
most readable books yet written about the Indian
country and life on the desert range. Photos,
364 pp $5.00
A26 GIRL FROM WILLIAMSBURG, Minnie Braithwaite
Jenkins. Delightful and informative is
this story about the life of a school teacher in the
Indian school in remote Blue Canyon in northern
Arizona. 9 Illus, 343 pp $3.00
LOST TREASURE
Tl APACHE GOLD AND YAQUI SILVER, J.
Frank Dobie. Fascinating lost mine and buried
treasure stories by a master story teller. Lost
Adams Diggings, the Sierra Madre, Lost Tayopa,
Scalp Hunters' Ledge, El Naranjal—and others of
Arizona and Mexico. Beautiful color plates and
black-and-whites by Tom Lea $4.50
T2 CORONADO'S CHILDREN, J. Frank Dobie.
Saga of lost mines and treasure of the Southwest—the
Lost San Saba, Lost Nigger, Lost Padre,
Breyfogle, Laffite and pirate booty, and many
others. List of signs used by Spanish miners, glossary
of Mexican and Southwest localisms... . $2.50
T3 GOLDEN MIRAGES, Philip A. Bailey. New
limited printing of this favorite of lost mine
books. Pegleg Smith's gold, ghosts of Vallecito,
Lost Ship of the Desert, many lost treasures of
the Southwest. Index, 353 pp., photos, maps,
biblio $4.50
T5 LOST MINES OF THE OLD WEST, Howard
D. Clark. Lost Pegleg, Lost Dutch Oven and
20 other lost mine legends of California, Nevada,
Arizona and Texas. Illus., 64 pp $ .75
T6 SUPERSTITION'S GOLD, Oren Arnold. Lost
Dutchman mine and other Superstition Mt.
treasure. Illus., gold paper $1.25
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