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 | We Became As MountainsPoems of the Pueblo Conquest
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Media: Paperback
Item #: 1088 Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-889921-22-8
Pages: 96 Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Distributed by Mountain Press for: Western Edge Press
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| Nancy Wood's We Became As Mountains is a tour de force of narrative poetry. In the tradition of Stephen Vincent Benet and Derek Walcott, she tells the story of the Pueblo Indians from the time of creation to the building of the first atomic bomb. Influenced by thirty years of listening to the stories of tribal elders, Wood's searing language and impeccable structure present a highly charged account of pain and triumph, of loss and survival.
Written in four parts, We Became As Mountains begins with a Puebloan creation myth:
The first sounds of the universe were footsteps,
though human beings were not created yet. The footsteps
went from star to star, wearing a pathway of potential
through the sky.
These haunting words lay the groundwork for all that follows – the conquest and exploitation of the Indians by Europeans, Indian revolt, and, finally, the courage of the Pueblo people as they wait for their stories to come full circle. This powerful book is storytelling and mythmaking at its best. |
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