Talking to the Ground

Grand Central Publishing · 284pp · Book

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God comes an entrancing, eloquent, and entertaining account of the author's adventurous journey on horseback through the Southwest in the heart of Navajo desert country. A 25th Anniversary Edition featuring an Afterword by Douglas Preston. The author retraced on horseback the epic Navajo Story of the Creation across Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, accompanied by his fiancée and her daughter, meeting Navajo people who shared their stories and sacred ceremonies. The book weaves together history, archaeology, anthropology, and Navajo religious belief and prophecy.