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Condition: Fair
Description: • Author: Frank Waters (1902-1995) • Jacket Design: Helen Strong • Publisher: Alan Swallow Denver, CO U.S.A. 1966 Based on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, The Woman at Otowi Crossing (1966) is the story of Helen Chalmer, and her psychic and physical connections to the secret development of the atomic bomb. She was a person in tune with her adopted environment and her neighbors in the nearby Indian pueblo -- also a friend of the first atomic scientists. The secret evolution of atomic research is a counterpoint to her psychic development. Helen Chalmers ' spiritual journey, based on the life of Edith Warner, begins the day that she discovers she has cancer. Because of the psychic powers that she gradually harnesses, she becomes a myth. Helen evolves into the Woman at Otowi Crossing--called "witch" by the Mexicans--who predicts events and thus changes the outlook of those in charge of nuclear testing. An assertion of spirit over matter takes place within her. This serves as a metaphor for the disastrous cosmic possibilities inherent in the misuse of the atom's energy. At Helen's death, the metaphor changes to the atom's radiance as a potential maker of worlds. The story has been interpreted as a parable for the potentially destructive materialism of the mid-twentieth century. The antidote for this materialism is Helen Chalmer’s ability to examine deeper truths of our being; beyond the Western notion of selfhood, beyond the sense of a personality distinct from the rest, she experiences a new and wider awareness. A testament to an eternal belief that far transcends our own time and place. 300pp. The novel served as the basis for an opera of the same name, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the powerful story of the crossing of cultures and lives when we were inventing nuclear power during WWII. Frank Waters (1902–1995) was an American writer. He is known for his novels and historical works about the American Southwest. He introduced a Native American perspective and ethnos into his works and was quite popular in the 1960s and ‘70s “counter-culture.” Hardcover has tweed cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, in an unclipped dust jacket having a few chips and shelving label pasted to spine, in a mylar plastic cover taped together with book . This copy was retired from the Denver Public Library with usual pastings and markings from this service. Prior owner signature partially hidden by check-out envelope. Adds no value. Title page has been torn-out, all other pages seem to be present. Interior is tightly bound, internal text clean, and unmarked. Not often read. • Size: 8vo – over 7¾ - 9¾” tall, 300pp. • Condition: Acceptable Hardcover , in Good Dust Jacket – Likely 1st Edition, (age, publisher, jacket & location used) but not possible to confirm. Ex-Public Library copy. Very usable for detailed study. Copyright is usually given as 1966. Loss of title page means loss of publishing identifying detail. MSR = US $4.95. Thanks for looking!
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
Waters, Frank. The Woman at Otowi Crossing. Alan Swallow 1966, 1966.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: first printing ed. hardback very good condition (pen name) in a dust jacket with a bit of wear
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Waters, Frank. THE WOMAN AT OTOWI CROSSING. Alan Swallow, Denver, Colorado, 1966.
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Description: First printing. 300 pp. White endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt titles. White DJ with yellow and pink illustrations. Chips, wear along the edges. VG+/GOOD.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Waters, Frank. The Woman at Otowi Crossing. Alan Swallow, Denver, 1966.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Review copy with "review copy" card laid in. Dust jacket has some wear/discolor. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover.
Seller: Ash Grove Heirloom Books, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.