About the Book
Hopi Summers: Letters from Ethel to Maud
by Carolyn O’Bagy Davis
Rio Nuevo Publishers
2007
pp. 208
Paperback
ISBN 9781933855080
$15.95
Synopsis
In 1927, Maud Melville, a wealthy New Englander, and Ethel Muchvo, a Hopi potter, struck up a remarkable friendship. Based on diaries, letters and photographs of Ethel and Maud, O'Bagy Davis delves into the touching relationship that blossomed between two different women throughout many years of triumphs and sorrows.
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“This is a remarkable record of a time of great change for a group of people with a way of life that was already very ancient. Reading the story brings tears and also a sense of great pride as a member of Ethel’s tribe.” –Marlene Sekaquaptewa, Third Mesa, Hopi Nation
“This beautifully edited volume is certain to become a major contribution to Hopi studies and to Hopi and Tewa family and clan histories. It is a classic story of Hopi reciprocity: a letter for a letter and a gift for a gift. This volume is a gift to the reader. How will you reciprocate?” –Hartman Lomawaima, Past Director of the Arizona State Museum
About the author
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, a fourth-generation descendant of Utah pioneers, has written nine books on the history of archaeology, quilting, and western history. She earned her B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Arizona. Davis lectures extensively to history, archaeology and quilting groups around the country and has curated many traveling museum exhibits.