The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir

The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir

Leslie Marmon Silko
Silko's memoir of walking the desert near her Tucson home — rattlesnakes, rain clouds, turquoise stones, and the Laguna Pueblo worldview that infuses everything she sees.
desert Indigenous knowledge Memoir American Southwest
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Publisher Penguin
Published 2011
Related Wild Words
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