{"product_id":"navajo-blessingway-singer-the-autobiography-of-frank-mitchell-1881-1967-paperback","title":"Navajo Blessingway Singer: The Autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte J. Frisbie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid P. McAllester\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis life history of a Navajo leader, recorded in the 1960s and first published in 1977, is a classic work in the study of Navajo history and religious traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A skillful, meticulous, and altogether praiseworthy contribution to Navajo studies. . . . Although the focus of Mitchell's autobiography is upon his role as a Blessingway singer, there is much material here on Navajo history and culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mitchell attended the government school at Fort Defiance, worked on the railroad in Arizona, served as a handyman and interpreter at several trading posts and the Franciscan missions, and later served as a tribal councilman in the 1930s and as a judge in the 1940s and 1950s. His observations on these experiences are relevant to our understanding of contemporary Navajo life.\"--Lawrence C. Kelly, \u003cem\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book stands easily among the best of the 'native' autobiographies. Narrated by a thoughtful and articulate Navajo leader over a span of eighteen years, this life history is brought into English with none of the selective romanticizing that has spoiled some books. . . . [It is] a superb job of bringing one culture ever closer to another.\"--Barre Tolken, \u003cem\u003eWestern Folklore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important biography of a noted Navajo leader is now available only from UNM Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte J. Frisbie\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emerita of anthropology at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Her earlier works include \u003ci\u003eTall Woman: The Life Story of Rose Mitchell, a Navajo Woman, c. 1874-1977\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNavajo Blessingway Singer: The Autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967\u003c\/i\u003e, both available from UNM Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.18 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468613861629,"sku":"9780826331816","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/xsatWoWia09780826331816.webp?v=1777290598","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/navajo-blessingway-singer-the-autobiography-of-frank-mitchell-1881-1967-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}