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Admirably told with a quiet authority in clear and poetic prose, Waterless Mountain is a sincere and beautiful story of a present day Navaho Indian boy, full of imagination and poetry and the dignity of his race. the eight years of his training in the ancient religion of his people as well as in the practical knowledge of material existence is vividly painted against the arid sandy wastes. This portrayal of the life of a tribe that has lived for centuries in northern Arizona also gives the reader an acquaintance with the animals, trees, prehistoric cliff dwellings, legends and traditions of the Navaho as seen through the eyes of the hero.