Frank Waters

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.

An account of the Earp brothers' career in Tombstone, Arizona, based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp that were dictated to Frank Waters in the 1930s, and amplified by documents unearthed in 1959.

"Based on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, The Woman at Otowi Crossing 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"--Amazon.com.

Following a brief introduction to his life and work, author Waters reads passages from his novel, The man who killed the deer, which deals with a man's struggle for spiritual and physical reintegration into his Indian heritage.