N. Scott Momaday

A collection of evocative and versatile works by the National Medal of Arts recipient.

In the Places of the Spirits features seventy-six duotone plates of the land, people, and deep past of the Southwest, most published here for the first time, accompanied by personal reflections that reveal much about the artist and the magnificent land that inspires his artistry.

In these engaging writings Momaday shares his personal quest to understand the spirit of wilderness embodied in the image of Bear.

Explores the circularity of Navajo thought through studies of sandpaintings, chantway myths, and stories reflected in the constellations.

These poems, paintings, and personal reflections draw upon an ancient culture while crafting new visual and poetic "legends" to enrich our understanding of the significant places and stories that mark the traditional lands of the Navajo people. A book at once intimate, sweeping, and learned, At the Hems of the Lowest Clouds announces an important new Native American artistic voice.

Celebrating fifty years since its 1969 release, this new edition offers a moving new preface and invites a new generation of readers to explore the Kiowa myths, legends, and history with Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday.

This precursor to The Way to Rainy Mountain was originally published in a handmade edition in 1967 and has never before been commercially available.