My Adventures In Zuñi [by F.h. Cushing] Paperback – August 24, 2017

This is a very personal account of a man more or less marooned among the Zuni for five years about 1880. Frank states the Zuni adopted him, gave him a home, clothes and initiated him into one of their more mystical societies. His accounts of the Zuni mythology and religious organizations he does state have been disputed by other scholars. But like James Walker who went among the Oglala Dakota, Ciushing had an unique view point from the inside, living among the tribe in question. In another of Cushing's books, "The Mythical World of the Zuni, many of the legends and motifs Cushing reports are verified elsewhere by other scholars. Many are the personal observations of individuals, families, religious ceremonies, mores and customs.The book is obviously a copy of perhaps newpaper accounts, and has some lines that are obviously not part of Cushing's reports. The print is a little small. So more care could have been taken in the preparation of this book.

Unable to read extremely small print and pages were not even separated. So disappointed as we took a tour of the Zuni reservation which was wonderful so when they recommended the book we were excited to read it. Having to take pictures with our phone and zoom in in thru the magnifying app. 😞

This is an old piece but still very important. I am pleased it was reprinted and that they did not try to change the format. The drawings are great.

Very interesting book.