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Enduring Traditions: Art of the Navajo
Lois Essary Jacka
Northland Pub, 1994
Excellent pictorial guide to the evolving arts of the Navajo
This is the book for both the layman and expert collector of Native American (Navajo) arts. The authors have divided the book into sections ranging from rug weaving, sand painting, pottery to jewellery and ornaments and many more. The pictures can only be classified ...
Changing Woman: The Life and Art of Helen Hardin
Jay Scott
Northland Pub, 1989
sensational artist!
helen hardin was a sensational and troubled Indian artist. this book sketches her life and analyzes her triumphant mix of Indian and modernist motifs. many great 4C reproductions of her best work.
Self-Taught Navigation: Ten Easy Steps to Master Celestial Navigation
Robert Yates Kittredge
Northland Pub, 1989
A live saver
I pulled this book off the shelf when I was halfway between the Galapagos Islands and the Marquesas Islands when my sat-nav had failed. By following Kittredge's straightforward lessons my landfall was right on time and right on spot. What a relief that was! My hats off ...
Inventing the Southwest: The Fred Harvey Company and Native American Art
Kathleen L. Howard
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Diana F. Pardue
Northland Pub, 1996
Never mind how the West was won; this pictorial history of how it was sold is far more interesting. Harvey, who emigrated from England at 15 and started out as a dishwasher, created the first chain of restaurants and railroad hotels in the U.S.--which his heirs expanded into a virtual empire. A person traveling from Chicago to California ...
By Request: Most Wanted Recipes from Arizona's Favorite Restaurants
Betsy Mann
Northland Pub, 1998
A culinary postcard of Arizona's best restaurants
An amazing collection of over one hundred recipes from Arizona's finest restaurants. Each recipe is presented in basic terms that make it easy for home cooks to enjoy their favorites. Breast of Pheasant from the Grand Canyon Lodge, Southwest Corn Chowder from ...
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide
David Grant Noble
Northland Pub, 1991
Ancient New Mexico and Arizona
When visiting Arizona and New Mexico, Ancient Ruins of the Southwest is a valuable tool. This is an excellent reference to the magnificent early civilizations of this area. The book gives excellent, precise directions to each site and the history of each. My last ...
Death in the West
Chris Becker
Northland Pub, 2007
Adventure for the thrill seeker
Diving into underwater caverns, scaling "unclimbable" mountains, or defying natural consequences of exploration, Americans are attracted to anything that produces a thrill. The adrenaline rush causes our hearts to beat faster and our spirits to soar. Adrenaline junkies ...
Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Page Lambert
Northland Pub, 1998
I Did It All in the Grand Canyon
Very good reading, with excellent comments on the Grand Canyon, the experiences of rafting the river and essays on how the canyon touches people in different ways. I have just completed an 8 day trip of over 280 miles in the canyon and experienced every emotion and ...
Turkey's Gift to the People
Ani Rucki
Northland Pub, 1992
When a great wall of water threatens to destroy them, the animals band together to save themselves, but it is the turkey who remembers to save the seeds they will need to rebuild their lives.
The Trading Post Guidebook: Where to Find the Trading Posts, Galleries, Auctions, Artists, and Museums of the ...
Patrick Eddington
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Susan Makov
Northland Pub, 1995
A complete, informative and beautifully illustrated book.
Authors Eddington and Makov give wonderful information on a myriad of places in the Four Corners Region where you can purchase Native American arts and crafts. Beautifully illustrated with hand-tinted photographs, the guidebook not only lists galleries and museums, but ...
Horse Tales
Ben K. Green
Northland Pub, 1995
A key to Ben Green's other stories
More easy reading autobiographical stories by Ben K. Green. This second edition combines in one volume three sets of tales previously published separately as "When I Was Just A Colt", "Up Fool's Hill Ahorseback", and "Beauty." Like most of Ben K. Green's books, ...
Hopi Silver: A Brief History of Hopi Silversmithing (with over 300 Hallmark examples)
Margaret Nickelson Wright
Northland Pub, 1982
Updated in 1998 to include 80 new artisans
Back in print is Hopi Silver: The History And Hallmarks Of Hopi Silversmithing, a revised classic covering the history and hallmarks of Hopi silversmithing. This classic appeared over twenty years ago and was updated in 1998 to include 80 new artisans: it not only ...
Tales from the Grand Canyon: Some True, Some Tall
Edna Evans
Northland Pub, 1985
Tales from the Grand Canyon
This is a charming compendium of stories relating to the Grand Canyon, some factual, some fanciful. The author has gathered tales from a wide variety of sources. Tales from the Grand Canyon provides a lighthearted and straightforward literary consideration of the ...
Halo of the Sun: Stories Told and Retold
Noel Bennett
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John Running
Northland Pub, 1987
A Volume About Love
BOOK REVIEW HALO OF THE SUN REVIEW BY SUSAN G. STERN Written for Oriental Rug Review, Vol 8 #6. Noël Bennett's book, Halo of the Sun, is really a volume about love-- cultural love. Yet the reader feels Bennett's awkwardness and fearfulness as she encounters the ...
T.C. Cannon: He Stood in the Sun
Joan Frederick
Northland Pub, 1995
An intimate glimpse into the soul of a gifted artist.
"T.C. Cannon: He Stood in the Sun" is much more than a monograph of an Indian artist. It is a truly intimate look into the creative gift of the late T.C. Cannon. The author presents an historical perspective of his paintings, but goes beyond that with numerous ...
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