Yet she undertook hardships and welcomed danger. She learned the Navaho language, the intricacies of trade in wool, blankets, and piñon nuts, and even how to spin and weave. Despite primitive conditions, she maintained many of the amenities of civilization, including the acquisition of a collection of rare Southwestern books. Lummis, William Randolph Hearst and Will Rogers. She was in a position to encounter most of the important visitors attracted to the area, among them John Galsworthy, Charles F. Hegemann has supplied one hundred sixty pages of informal text, recounting her unusual experiences as a Navahopi country traveler, resident, and Indian trader at Shonto in the almost inaccessible northeastern Navaho Reservation. Hegemann's photographs have been chosen which provide an unvarnished record of people and places, Indians and white men, ceremonial dances, trading posts, roads and archaeological monuments, all of them now altered by time, Each photograph, reproduced without retouching, is identified with an informative caption and a date. She did not guess how priceless this information would become with the passing of time and consequent great changes in then-remote northeastern Arizona. Blessed with great curiosity and a remarkable memory, in the 20s and 30s she focused camera and notebook on almost everything that came her way. 10 ¾ x 8, 388 pages, 49 ounces XX GATHERING authentic inside information about life among the Hopis, Navahos, traders, and Grand Canyon tourists came naturally to Elizabeth Hegemann. The dust jacket is in good condition (edge chipping and a cut in the paper spine with no effect on the book itself). The gray cloth boards are in near fine condition. The first and last pastedowns have some wrinkles. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dog-ears, or marks.
Nusbaum, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, lavishly illustrated with 318 B/W photographs, 1963.
NAVAHO TRADING DAYS, text and photos by Elizabeth Hegemann, introduction by Jesse L.
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