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In the sun's house : my year teaching on the Navajo reservation
- Title
- In the sun's house : my year teaching on the Navajo reservation / Kurt Caswell ; afterword by Rex Lee Jim.
- Author
- Caswell, Kurt, 1969-
- Publication
- San Antonio : Trinity University Press, c2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JGD 09-562 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 299 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Describes Caswell's year teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, detailing his failings and successes as he struggles to bridge the gap between himself and the community.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- This is Borrego -- School days -- The road to Crownpoint -- Walking -- The trading post -- The wolves of the mountains -- Cardinal rules -- The Hogan -- Eastern Navajo agency spelling bee -- The last best walk -- Romeo and Juliet -- Goodbye, Borrego.
- Call Number
- JGD 09-562
- ISBN
- 9781595340603 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1595340602 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781595340566 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1595340564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009020128
- OCLC
- 316026432
- Author
- Caswell, Kurt, 1969-
- Title
- In the sun's house : my year teaching on the Navajo reservation / Kurt Caswell ; afterword by Rex Lee Jim.
- Imprint
- San Antonio : Trinity University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JGD 09-562