The Names: A Memoir - Hardcover

Momaday, N. Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060129816 ISBN 13: 9780060129811

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1976

Synopsis

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist recalls the significant events and ventures of his own life, his own land, and his own people, recreating his experiences as an American Indian and those of his relatives

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Of all of the works of N. Scott Momaday, "The Names" may be the most personal. A memoir of his boyhood in Oklahoma and the Southwest, it is also described by Momaday as "an act of the imagination. When I turn my mind to my early life, it is the imaginative part of it that comes first and irresistibly into reach, and of that part I take hold." Complete with family photos, "The Names" is a book that will captivate readers who wish to experience the Native American way of life.

About the Author:

A preeminent practitioner of twentieth century literature, N. Scott Momaday is perhaps best known for having blazed a trail for contemporary Native American writers. A Pulitzer Prize winner and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Momaday in many respects is a class unto himself. Momaday is Regents Professor of English at the University of Arizona. A popular speaker, he narrated the PBS series The West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0060129816
• ISBN 13: 9780060129811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170