Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
- ISBN-10
- 0684827077
- ISBN-13
- 9780684827070
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-03-18
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Leslie Marmon Silko
Description
Defiant essays on the culture of Native Americans and their position in society consider such topics as the earth, the weather, and the injustice of the Anglo-American legal system.
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