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Alice Marriott Remembered

By: Alice Marriott

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In her large body of work that spanned more than half a century, Alice Marriott gave a wide audience fresh and lively accounts of the complex cultures of the Southwestern American Indian. Trained as an anthropologist/ethnologist, the first woman to graduate with a degree in that field from the University of Oklahoma, she coupled her scientific and creative writing skills to produce books that have become classics. Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso, a definitive study of Pueblo Indian pottery making, has remained in print for sixty years. The memoirs that comprise this volume were written by Alice Marriott four years before her death in 1992, at the age of 82. They were her response to a request from Still Point Press for a full autobiography. Her frail health at the time—she was ill with Bell’s Palsy, blind in one eye, recovering from multiple fractures from falls—prevented her from writing more. Nevertheless, the pieces she did complete are delightful personal stories, told in that unique Marriott style, still engaging and humorous today.

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1611393175

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Alice Marriott Remembered

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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Alice Marriott Remembered

By: Alice Lee Marriott

In her large body of work that spanned more than half a century, Alice Marriott gave a wide audience fresh and lively accounts of the complex cultures of the Southwestern American Indian. Trained as an anthropologist/ethnologist, the first woman to graduate with a degree in that field from the University of Oklahoma, she coupled her scientific and creative writing skills to produce books that have become classics. "Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso," a definitive study of Pueblo Indian pottery making, has remained in print for sixty years. The memoirs that comprise this volume were written by Alice Marriott four years before her death in 1992, at the age of 82. They were her response to a request from Still Point Press for a full autobiography. Her frail health at the time-she was ill with Bell's Palsy, blind in one eye, recovering from multiple fractures from falls-prevented her from writing more. Nevertheless, the pieces she did complete are delightful personal stories, told in that unique Marriott style, still engaging and humorous today. Charlotte Whaley is the author of "Nina Otero-Warren of Santa Fe," also published by Sunstone Press; editor emeritus of "Southwest Review," and founder and publisher, with her late husband, of Still Point Press.

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Sunstone Press

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0865346976

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9780865346970

The Ten Grandmothers

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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The Ten Grandmothers

By: Alice Lee Marriott

?Once in a blue moon (which means a fairly long cycle in my case) one who deals professionally with new books comes upon something that seems to him truly noteworthy and memorable-a reading experience which he will cherish for the rest of his life. And when this book is original and, indeed, unique-when it achieves something that has never been done before-one's impulse is to rent a billboard, to hire a hall, in some way to underline and emphasize the excitement and enthusiasm of his discovery, so that other readers may share his pleasure. "This has been my experience with The Ten Grandmothers, by Alice Marriott. It was the custom of certain tribes of Indians of the Great Plains to keep a 'winter count,' or calendar, of important events. Each year an officially designated scribe or historian of the tribe inscribed on a specially selected and prepared buffalo hide (which was a sacred tribal possession) a colored pictograph commemorating the most noteworthy event of the year-the happening or circumstance for which the year would be remembered in the oral literature and traditions of the tribe. "Miss Marriott's book is based upon such a tribal history of the Kiowas, an important and tenacious nation of the southern Great Plains, for more than a hundred years. She has taken representative incidents from this story and built each into a unified narrative of personal experience, concrete and dramatic. The thirty-three narratives fall into four groups reflecting the major phases of Kiowa history in the last century; they are called, since Kiowa .economy was based on the buffalo, The Time When There Were Plenty of Buffalo; The Time When Buffalo Were Going; The Time When Buffalo Were Gone; and Modern Times. Since the same characters appear recurringly, the book has the effect of a loosely constructed novel. "Miss Marriott is an ethnologist. Her book is based on eight years of work with the Kiowas?work that certainly consisted of much more than superficial interviews with aged Indians. There is evidence everywhere, not only of accurate scientific knowledge of the material to be presented, but of profound human insight and understanding. "Miss Marriott is also a creative artist of extraordinary powers. Her book has abundant humor, drama and melodrama, beauty and sordidness, pathos and tragedy: all presented sharply, objectively, with economy, restraint, and dignity. The narrative of the long journey of Wooden Lance, to see for himself and for his tribe whether the leader of the Ghost Dance movement (that inspired the last desperate, irrational struggle of the plains Indians against the whites) had 'true power is unforgettable in its simplicity and reality. The story of the Kiowa girl Leah's return from her years at a boarding school in the East to her family on the reservation is as true and socially significant as it is poignant and dramatic. "The great achievement of Miss Marriott's book is that it makes accessible to the reader of today the essence of a culture, a way of life and thought, now almost vanished from the earth. "We have an uneasy feeling that some special meaning and value for Americans of today and tomorrow must lie in the older cultures of our continent which our own has so largely displaced. American writers from Longfellow on have tried with varying degrees of success to capture that meaning for us. "Miss Marriott's book shows that our feeling was justified. No discerning reader will fail to find in the men and women who are so vivid in its pages-Sitting Bear and Eagle Plume, old Quanah and Spear Woman, and the Kiowa boys riding in their jeep to enlist for the present World War-in their vision and knowledge of life and their essential experience, abundant meaning for today.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806118253

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9780806118253

Hell on Horses and Women

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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Hell on Horses and Women

By: Alice Lee Marriott

Women in ranch life.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806124822

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9780806124827

Saynday's People

The Kiowa Indians and the Stories They Told

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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Saynday's People

The Kiowa Indians and the Stories They Told

By: Alice Lee Marriott

Saynday's People brings together two related volumes by the distinguished ethnologist and author Alice Marriott. The Saynday of the title and the central figure of Winter-Telling Stories is a combination of trickster and hero peculiar to Asiatic and American Indian mythology. He could do almost anything when he was using his medicine power for good, but Saynday was a great joker and when playing tricks often got what was coming to him. Indians on Horseback is both a history of the Kiowas and a vivid account of their way of life. The narrative is enriched not only by detailed descriptions of how these first Americans made moccasins and cradles, thread and arrows and tipis, but also by a Plains Indian cookbook which includes recipes for such dishes as pemmican and stone-boiled buffalo.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803251254

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María

The Potter of San Ildefonso

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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María

The Potter of San Ildefonso

By: Alice Lee Marriott

Major events in the life of Maria Martinez and her husband Julian who revived the ancient Pueblo Indian craft of pottery-making.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806120487

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A Field Guide to Retirement

14 Lifestyle Opportunities and Options for a Successful Retirement

By: Alice Lee,Fred Lee

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A Field Guide to Retirement

14 Lifestyle Opportunities and Options for a Successful Retirement

By: Alice Lee,Fred Lee

Designed for people approaching retirement, A Field Guide to Retirement is an invaluable manual for finding the joys and avoiding the pitfalls of re tirement lifestyles. Alice and Fred Lee draw on their own experiences and numerous interviews to offer an indispensable guide to retirement choices.

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Main Street Books

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0385414722

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Virginia's Blue Ridge

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

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Virginia's Blue Ridge

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

The Shenandoah Valley conjures up a beautiful landscape and a resonant Civil War history. This guide delivers the best experiences in the area, peak to peak, from wonderful mountain flowers and streams, to rolling farmlands and white clapboard chapels to tales of invention, scholarship, and military encounters. Maps. Photos.

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Insiders' Guide

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0762725125

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Williamsburg - Insiders' Guide

And Virginia's Historic Triangle

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

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Williamsburg - Insiders' Guide

And Virginia's Historic Triangle

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide(R) series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by locals and true insiders and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love. From fiery blacksmiths' shops and stately riverside plantations to inverted roller coasters and thrilling water rides, the towns of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown offer a multitude of ways to experience our country's past and present-day glories. Whether you prefer colonial reenactments and ceremonial powwows or lions, tigers, and bears and theme park excesses, let this authoritative guide lead you through the myriad things to see and do in the Historic Triangle. Inside you'll find: "countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to the lowdown on real estate - traditional and contemporary "the inside scoop on renowned attractions such as Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, and the Williamsburg Pottery Factory "comprehensive listings of restaurants, lodging, and recreational opportunities "sections dedicated to children, retirement, and more Whether you're planning a vacation, already living in the area, or looking to relocate, Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg will show you everything you need to know.

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0762735112

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Hell on Horses and Women

By: Alice Lee Marriott

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Hell on Horses and Women

By: Alice Lee Marriott

Women in ranch life.

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Alice Marriott Remembered

Alice Marriott Remembered

Alice Marriott Remembered

Alice Marriott Remembered

The Ten Grandmothers

The Ten Grandmothers

Hell on Horses and Women

Hell on Horses and Women

Saynday's People

Saynday's People

María

María

A Field Guide to Retirement

A Field Guide to Retirement

Virginia's Blue Ridge

Virginia's Blue Ridge

Williamsburg - Insiders' Guide

Williamsburg - Insiders' Guide

Hell on Horses and Women

Hell on Horses and Women

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