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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. ** Review “An extraordinarily vivid and detailed story, full of earthily realistic dialogue, told with an amazing storyteller’s craft.”— The Roundup ( The Roundup 2017-09-16) “A serious anthropological study that reads like a combination of Tobacco Road with two parts of Studs Lonigan.”— New Republic ( New Republic 2017-09-16) “An entertaining and absorbing story about Indian life.”— True We

Author

Left Handed, Jennifer Denetdale, Walter Dyk, Edward Sapir

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press : Bison Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781496206237

Subjects

History, Biography, Social Science

Rating

4.3 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14