Son of Old Man Hat: A Navaho Autobiography

With a simplicity as disarming as it its frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring 'when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of my thumbnail, ' of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan, and of his sexual awakening. As he grows older, his account turns to life in the open: nomadic cattle-raising, farming, trading, communal enterprises, tribal dances and ceremonies, lovemaking, and marriage.