A collection of short stories about being a cowboy in the early days of Arizona Territory. "Riding the range as a cowpoke in those days was precisely the way [White] describes it."--Publisher's preface.

This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside. In 1930, when Gladys Reichard came to stay with the family of Red-Point, a well-known Navajo singer, it was unusual for an anthropologist to live with a family and become intimately connected with women's activities. First published...