The Gourd Dancer

Literature & Fiction

N. Scott Momaday

Poetry

HarperCollins, Publishers

Like New - First Edition/First Printing, Pulitzer Prize winner, Signed by Author with no inscription.

House Made of Dawn

Harper&Row

A collection of stories, poems, and drawings reflect the career of one of America's most distinctive storytellers, whose literary oeuvre both celebrates and mourns the lost world of great native American legends and myths.

In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991

United States

st.martins press

N. Scott Momaday's voice has been one of the most remarkable on the American literary landscape for over a generation. Whether describing the clap of thunder above or the chirp of a grasshopper below, he sings of lands now lost and destinies still unknown. The Man Made of Words is a spiritual and wise work that celebrates the glorious truth that our sacred tree is no longer dead. When N. Scott Momaday won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1969, for his novel House Made of Dawn, Native storytelling had only just begun to break the color line of American literature. The Man Made of Words is, therefore, the embodiment of Momaday's pilgrimage, a book that shows through essays, allegorical stories, and autobiographical reminiscences how Momaday became at the first recognized Native voice of this centu

The Man Made of Words

Contemporary

St.Martin's Press

The legends, mythology and history of the Kiowa Indians!!

The Way to Rainy Mountain

History

Americas

Ballantine

Colorado, summer/fall/winter/spring

Colorado, summer/fall/winter/spring

Rand-McNally

First published in paperback by UNM Press in 1976, The Way to Rainy Mountain has sold over 200,000 copies.
 "The paperback edition of The Way to Rainy Mountain was first published twenty-five years ago. One should not be surprised, I suppose, that it has remained vital, and immediate, for that is the nature of story. And this is particularly true of the oral tradition, which exists in a dimension of timelessness. I was first told these stories by my father when I was a child. I do not know how long they had existed before I heard them. They seem to proceed from a place of origin as old as the earth. 
"The stories in The Way to Rainy Mountain are told in three voices. The first voice is the voice of my father, the ancestral voice, and the voice of the Kiowa oral tradition. The second is the voice of historical commentary. And the third is that of personal reminiscence, my own voice. There is a turning and returning of myth, history, and memoir throughout, a narrative wheel that is as sacred as language itself."--from the new Preface

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

University of New Mexico Press

Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native American tradition.&nbsp;"The poems in this book reflect my deep respect for and appreciation of words. . . . I believe that poetry is the highest form of verbal expression. Although I have written in other forms, I find that poems are what I want and need most to read and write. They give life to my mind." One of the most important and unique voices in American letters, distinguished poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller N. Scott Momaday was born into the Kiowa tribe and grew up on Indian reservations in the Southwest. The customs and traditions that influenced his upbringing--most notably the Native American oral tradition--are the centerpiece of his work. This luminous collection demonstrates Momaday's mastery and love of language and the matters closest to his heart. To Momaday, words are sacred; language is power. Spanning nearly fifty years, the poems gathered here illuminate the human condition, Momaday's connection to his Kiowa roots, and his spiritual relationship to the American landscape. The title poem, "The Death of Sitting Bear" is a celebration of heritage and a memorial to the great Kiowa warrior and chief. "I feel his presence close by in my blood and imagination," Momaday writes, "and I sing him an honor song." Here, too, are meditations on mortality, love, and loss, as well as reflections on the incomparable and holy landscape of the Southwest. The Death of Sitting Bear&nbsp;evokes the essence of human experience and speaks to us all.

The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems

HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing

Literary

RecordedBooks

A collection of stories in the oral tradition benefit from their reading by the author, a storyteller master of Kiowa origin, as well as from music and authentic sound effects. Momaday takes the listener on a mesmerizing journey into the Native American world - Library Journal Storyteller features Mr. Momaday recounting stories from his published and unpublished work. This true master of the oral tradition takes us back in time and these wonderful stories give the listener a special insight into the power of the spoken word in the Native American tradition.

Storyteller

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Sunset Productions

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