Tales from Wide Ruins : Jean and Bill Cousins, Traders by Mary Tate Engels; Bill Cousins; Jean Cousins - 1996

Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xx, 238pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, , (1996). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. An account of a vanished way of life, based on the stories of the Cousins family and their letters. "The Cousins spent a lifetime in the Indian trading business at Cousins Brothers Post, Thunderbird Post, Borrego Post, Wide Ruins Post" and more - in the 1930s and 1940s they were at Wide Ruins in Arizona, known to the Navajos as "Kin-teel" or wide house, and while there they encouraged the Navajo weavers to use entirely vegetale dyes in their rugs. Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs. SIGNED on the title page by the editor, Mary Tate Engels with the comment "Step into the living history of the old time traders. Enjoy!' Foreword by Sallie Lippincott Wagner. Includes Cousins geneological chart, notes, bibliography, index. xx, 244 pp.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0896723682 . First Edition signed by the editor (Mary Tate Engels) on the title page and Bill Cousins on the first free end page. Bill Cousins signed the book, "Happy trading, Bill Cousins, July 4, 1996. The Cousins spent a lifetime in the Indian trading business at Cousins Brothers Post, Thunderbird Post, Borrego Post, Wide Ruins Post, then Cousins Indian Jewelry and Jean's All Indian Pawn Shop in Gallup. Only the stories of Jean and Bill Cousins, their photos and letters remain to validate the history of a corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation in the early twentieth century. This book is their story. 244 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition. Only the editor, Mary Tate Engels and the subject of the book, Bill Cousins, signatures are in the book. No other names, writing, or marks. ; Standard Book Size. .

Hardback. New. Only a few crumbling structures remain of the once thriving community of families who lived at the Wide Ruins Trading Post. This title presents the stories of Bill and Jean Cousins, their photos and letters, and the history of a corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation in the early twentieth century.

Texas Tech Univ Pr, 1996. Hardcover. New. 244 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.

Texas Tech University Press, 1996-09-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!