Indian Love Letters (1907)

In This Work Of Poetic Fiction Marah Ellis Ryan Writes Of The Hopi Indian Faith Tradition And Environment With Such Skill That The Words Are In Truth Truth. Around 1909 She Went To Live Among The Hopi In Arizona. According To The New York Times Ryan Claimed To Be The Only White Woman Ever Admitted To The Secret Religious Rites. She Was Noted As An Authority On The Tribal Life Of The Indians In The United States And Mexico After Living With The Hopi. . This Is A Book Of Prose So Delicately Written With Such Exquisite Charm That In The Telling Of The Story The Prose Becomes Very Nearly Poetry. It Is A Lyrical Graceful Story—A Bit Melancholy Perhaps But Hauntingly Lovely. One Could Not Find A Tale Like This In The Output Of Contemporary Publishers. . Her Other Works Include For The Soul Of Rafael And Told In The Hills.”