The Sons of Gunshooter: A Navajo Resistance Story - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816556168ISBN-10:816556164UPC:9780816556168Book Category:History, True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQ7P955EW
An inspiring new take on a history we thought we knew In 1919, the brother of one of the West's most famous Indian traders was shot to death in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation. Part history, part true crime, The Sons of Gunshooter reexamines the killing and subsequent murder trial, while simultaneously embedding the story in a much larger saga of colonization and resistance. The result is a book that's sweeping in its scope and surgical in its approach. Rewinding the clock to 1868, the authors follow the intertwining paths of two families to offer a riveting, deeply personal account that has been hailed as "a new way of doing historiography." One of the authors is a descendant of participants in the case; the other is an investigative journalist. By merging Diné oral traditions with archival evidence, they succeed in upending one false narrative after another.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816556168ISBN-10:816556164UPC:9780816556168Book Category:History, True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQ7P955EW
Dorothy Denetclaw is Tótsohnii born for Tl'ááschí'í and lives in Indian Wells, Arizona. She is a community organizer, activist, and interpreter, and enjoys researching her family history, a legacy for her children and grandchildren. Matt Fitzsimons is a former newspaper reporter and the author of The Counterfeiters of Bosque Redondo: Slavery, Silver, and the U.S. War Against the Navajo Nation. He lives in San Diego, California.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
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