{"product_id":"the-woman-at-otowi-crossing-9780804008938","title":"The Woman At Otowi Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman at Otowi Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Helen Chalmer, a person in tune with her adopted environment and her neighbors in the nearby Indian pueblo and also a friend of the first atomic scientists. The secret evolution of atomic research is a counterpoint to her psychic development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In keeping with its tradition of allowing the best of its list to thrive, Ohio University Press\/Swallow Press is particularly proud to reissue \u003ci\u003eThe Woman at Otowi Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e by best-selling author Frank Waters. This new edition features an introduction by Professor Thomas J. Lyon and a foreword by the author's widow, Barbara Waters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story is quintessential Waters: a parable for the potentially destructive materialism of the mid-twentieth century. The antidote is Helen Chalmer's ability to understand a deeper truth of her being; beyond the Western notion of selfhood, beyond the sense of a personality distinct from the rest, she experiences a new and wider awareness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The basis for an opera of the same name, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman at Otowi Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful story of the crossing of cultures and lives: a fable for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-360112\"\u003eFrank Waters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.59w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804008938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804008930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1995), one of the finest chroniclers of the American Southwest, wrote twenty-eight works of fiction and nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682328318189,"sku":"9780804008938","price":23.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_25a6800f-396e-48fc-88ff-bc8764aac7cf.jpg?v=1649719446","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-at-otowi-crossing-9780804008938","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}