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Of Earth and Little Rain: The Papago Indians
by Fontana, Bernard L
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- first
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Flagstaff, AZ: (1981): Northland Press. First Edition. Square Octavo. 140pp. Illustrated with photographs by John P. Schaefer. A sensitively written account of a little known Indian culture in southern Arizona, naming themselves O'odham, but known to others as Papago. Powerful color photographs of the People and the Land make his a special text of culture and history. Bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, Near fine in very good pictorial dust jacket with even fading to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005884
- Title
- Of Earth and Little Rain: The Papago Indians
- Author
- Fontana, Bernard L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Northland Press
- Place of Publication
- Flagstaff, AZ: (1981)
- Keywords
- Culture, History, Sonoran Desert
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indian History and Art;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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