| The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos Contributor(s): Church, Peggy Pond (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826302815 ISBN-13: 9780826302816 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1973 Annotation: This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso, to Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and the other atomic scientists who worked at Los Alamos during World War II. "A finely told tale of a strange land and of a rare character who united with it and, without seeming to do anything to that end, exerted an unusual influence upon all other lovers of that soil with whom she came in contact. The quality of the country, of the many kinds of people, and of the central character come through excellently.Oliver La Farge |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 60013408 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" L (0.45 lbs) 159 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Features: Illustrated |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso, to Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and the other atomic scientists who worked at Los Alamos during World War II. A finely told tale of a strange land and of a rare character who united with it and, without seeming to do anything to that end, exerted an unusual influence upon all other lovers of that soil with whom she came in contact. The quality of the country, of the many kinds of people, and of the central character come through excellently. --Oliver La Farge |
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