num_pages: 384
description: Whitehall (emeritus English, Grand Valley State U.) presents a literary biography of Gilmore (1903-93), a scholar of native cultures in the Southwest US and Mesoamerica, writer of regional novels, and English and humanities professor at the University of Arizona for some 40 years. After reviewing her family background and early years in Buffalo, New York, she traces her life and education around the US, her research and early novels, her later work, and the culmination of her career and her retirement. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Frances Gillmor: Aztec and Navajo Folkiorist
titlecomplete: Frances Gillmor: Aztec and Navajo Folkiorist (Native American Studies)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr