Power of a Navajo, Carl Gorman: The Man and His Life

Greenberg, Henry; Greenberg, Georgia

ISBN 10: 0940666820 / ISBN 13: 9780940666825

Published by Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe, 1996

About this Item

First printing of this biography of one of the original World War II codetalkers. Fine in a fine, unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED by both authors.

Seller Inventory # 006035

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Power of a Navajo, Carl Gorman: The Man and His Life
• Publisher: Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940666820
• ISBN 13: 9780940666825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Military History
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

Artist, merchant, patriot, and a respected Navajo leader and spokesman, Carl Gorman is one of those rare people whose life encompasses the drama of an entire society. One of the original Navajo Code Talkers in World War II, Gorman would later become president of the Code Talkers Association and help to bring recognition to the Navajos who created the Navajo-language-based combat code that the Japanese could never break. After the war, following a lifelong interest in art, he studied at Otis Institute and became a respected artist and teacher. This biography gives a fascinating account of Gorman's childhood and youth in Navajo country and of the tribals he experienced at different Indian schools. It describes Navajo art, culture, and major events of Navajo history. Gorman's life has embraced success, hardship, and searing personal tragedy and demonstrated a resilience of spirit that has been inspirational to all who know him. Achieving success in the Anglo world on his own terms, he has continually brought respect to the Navajo way of life.

From the Author

Story of an outstanding Native American in war and peace.
We feel privileged that we can tell the story of a true American hero. A courageous Marine in World War II, a Navajo Code Talker who helped build the combat code that the Japanese could never break and personally participated in four successive island invasions in the South Pacific. A pioneer artist, a rebel who broke though the barriers of tradition in Indian Art. And above all, an acclaimed lecturer and teacher who spoke out against racial prejudice and injustice -- not with anger or violence-- but by creating " a bridge of understanding" between people of different cultures. NEW DATE OF RELEASE: August 18,1996