Red Man White Man
San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1958. First Edition. 286pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with the title in red on the front board and backstrip. Both book and jacket are better than very good. Jacket is price clipped. Nice map endsheets and pastedowns of Hopiland. Item #7689
Signed by the author and artist on a tipped-in leaf before the half-title. Numbered copy 39, from an unspecified limited edition. Illustrated and designed by Don Perceval. Novel that takes place on the Hopi Mesas. "The story of an Indian returning to his reservation, his people and the tribal way of life is stirringly told. Jim Telastewa, back from a tour of duty with the Navy was faced with a tremendous decision: Was he to be a Red Man in a White Man's world, or, after having tasted the delicious, heady wine of complete freedom in a modern world, was he to return to the kiva, the mud hogan, there to live out his life." - from the jacket.
Price: $50.00