Dine Bahane'

This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews'' Navajo Legends of 1847. Zolbrod''s new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition.

Zolbrod''s book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For student...