The Man Who Killed the Deer
by Frank Waters
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The story of Martiniano, the man who killed the deer, is a timeless story of Pueblo Indian sin and redemption, and of the conflict between Indian and white laws; written with a poetically charged beauty of style, a purity of conception, and a thorough understanding of Native American values.Tags
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3732. The Man Who Killed the Deer, by Frank Waters (read 14 Apr 2003) This work of fiction, first published in 1942, by an author who I understand is a kind of cult figure, especially in the Southwest, I found a chore to read: it spends a lot of time philosophizing on pantheistic Indian beliefs. If I were a quitter I would have quit reading this by the time I was half thru. Sometimes not quitting a book turns out to be the right thing, but in this case I found this not to be true.
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Frank Waters was born in July 1902 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is an author of novels and historical works about the American Southwest. His first novel after college was entitled Fever Pitch (1930). He then wrote a series of autobiographical novels beginning with The Wild Earth's Nobility (1935). In 1936, Waters left L.A. and moved back and show more forth between Colorado and New Mexico, continuing to write and completing a biography of W. S. Stratton, Midas of the Rockies. When World War II broke out, Waters moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. There, he performed the duties of a propaganda analyst and chief content officer. Waters' masterpiece, The Man Who Killed the Deer, was published in 1942. In 1953, Waters was awarded the Taos Artists Award for Notable Achievement in the Art of Writing. Waters also held positions as information consultant for Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico. He established the Frank Waters Foundation in 1993 which is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting the arts, specifically those in the spirit of the creativity of Frank Waters. The members of the FWF operate under the motto "Sheltering the creative spirit", by providing a retreat for artists to live and work among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Frank Waters died at his home in Arroyo Seco on June 3, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Man Who Killed the Deer
- Original publication date
- 1942
- People/Characters
- Martiniano; Palemon; Flowers Playing
- Important places
- New Mexico, USA
- Dedication
- To Mabel and Tony
- First words
- The last pinon knot crumpled in the small conical fireplace.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So he lay listening to the singing, content and free of worry: Martiniano, the trouble-maker, the man who killed the deer.
- Blurbers
- Benet, Stephen Vincent
- Disambiguation notice
- 1942 edition: The man who killed the deer
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PS3545 .A82 .M36 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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- 321
- Popularity
- 99,200
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.06)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 8
