{"product_id":"earth-keeper-reflections-on-the-american-land-isbn-9780063009332","title":"Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, \u003ci\u003eEarth Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose.\" — \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent testament to the earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving the rich tapestry of Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo, Apache, and Peublo reservations throughout the Southwest. It is a part of the earth he knows well and loves deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEarth Keeper,\u003c\/i\u003e he reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. \"When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors,\" he writes, \"I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, \u003ci\u003ebelong\u003c\/i\u003e to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wise and wonderous work, Momaday shares stories and memories throughout his life, stories that have been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a profound spiritual connection to the American landscape and a deep reverence for the natural world. He offers an homage and a warning. He shows us that the earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty, a source of strength and healing that must be honored and protected before it’s too late. As he so eloquently and simply reminds us, we must all be keepers of the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIndigenous Wisdom:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience the American landscape through the eyes of a Kiowa elder, with stories and memories passed down through generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Spiritual Autobiography:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Momaday’s personal declaration of belonging as he reflects on his life, his ancestors, and his profound connection to his native ground.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Lyrical Homage:\u003c\/b\u003e Written in glittering, poetic prose, this work is both a celebration of the natural world’s beauty and an impassioned defense of all we stand to lose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Oral Tradition:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover a collection of foundational stories and reflections that honor the Native American practice of preserving culture through the spoken word.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Poets and storytellers have always reminded us of our spiritual connections to the land and the world around us—passed along through dreams, stories, memories, and mythologies. Scott Momaday skillfully continues this tradition in \u003ci\u003eEarth Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, from which we can all learn and benefit.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Redford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Earth Keeper \u003c\/em\u003eis a prayer for continuity in these days of uncertainty. I cannot tell you why I loved this book, I can only tell you I wept my way through it. Each page brought me closer to myself, a self I had lost in the pandemic. We need Scott Momaday's calm, clear prose and stories. Words are medicine. There is wisdom in sharing what one knows, especially at a time when we know so little. ‘Let me say my heart,’ he says.  And he does.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, \u003cem\u003eEarth Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely meditation on the natural world — as well as what we stand to lose as the climate changes.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wonder abounds in these pages. . . . Short chapters of prose that read almost like prayers to the natural world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Short but satisfying. . . . Using lyrical, heartfelt language, [Momaday] looks back on a life lived close to nature, and on the joy that natural wonders have given him. . . . At a time when bad news is in plentiful supply, readers will find Momaday’s words refreshing and comforting in their sincerity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A profound reflection on humanity's relationship with its terrestrial home, the planet Earth.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A collection of short essays as multilayered and majestic as the landscape that has been present in everything that Momaday has written. . . . [A] poetic love letter to the Earth.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part memory and part meditation, part poem and part prayer, \u003cem\u003eEarth Keeper \u003c\/em\u003eis a short but powerful collection that holds its arms out to the world, asking to be read again and again. \"I make a prayer for words,\" writes Momaday. \"Let me say my heart.\" That heart is evident on every page of \u003cem\u003eEarth Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e, a reminder that body, soul and earth are inextricably woven together, and to deny that connection is to deny one's very humanity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Earth Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of the rich spiritual imagination of America’s Native peoples. . . . Momaday, now 86 years old, must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary writers and our environmental prophets.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Equal parts memoir, folklore, and poetry, \u003cem\u003eEarth Keeper \u003c\/em\u003eis above all a work of great reverence, an appreciation for the earth and the relationship we cultivate with it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In many ways, to read Momaday is to read the land. It is to encounter the earth alive with wind and sunlight, with plants and animals, and to know all of it—each aspect of the world—by name. It is also to renew a reverence for beauty and a feeling of hope.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanford Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Momaday] is at root a storyteller who both preserves and expands Native American culture in his critically praised, transformative writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Louis Gates Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Scott Momaday is one of the most versatile and distinguished artists in America.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Matthiessen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These are the poems of a master poet, born of an age when our ears were not so bent towards digital production. Or should I say, these are the poems of a bear who has walked through several generations and stands before us, breathing clouds into a cold dawn, bearing this book of poetry. The bear’s journey is mythic, a migration through tragedy and beauty, over lands rich with horses and stories. When you read these poems, you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoy Harjo, Mvskoke Nation, U.S. Poet Laureate, on The Death of Sitting Bear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An admirable capstone to a distinguished literary career, this splendid selection should be a treasure for Momaday’s readers and an excellent introduction for those new to Native American writing.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review) on The Death of Sitting Bear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889344377061,"sku":"NP9780063009332","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063009332.jpg?v=1730231051","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/earth-keeper-reflections-on-the-american-land-isbn-9780063009332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}