'I thoroughly endorse this book and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did' - From the foreword by Emerson Jackson Sr, Navajo Elder Navajo Indian Nation, Window Rock, Arizona. A chance meeting with a young Navajo Indian propels an English traveller out of his middle-class life and into the world of North American Indian Medicine Men, a world where people genuinely believe that witchcraft can bring ruin, even death, and only Medicine Men have the knowledge to lift curses and restore the sick to health. Along the way, he travels across the beautiful Southwest, famous for its fabled Route 66 and breath-taking scenery.

About the Author

Charles Langley has spent a large part of the last three years living among the Navajo Indians on their reservation in New Mexico and Arizona, studying traditional healing ceremonies and rituals. Now a student of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Langley is a former night news editor of the Evening Standard newspaper in London.

Reviews

"Langley penetrates the Indian reservations of New Mexico and Arizona to investigate the mythic power of the Navajo medicine men, taking part in traditional healing ceremonies and rituals. Travel writing with an MBS twist." The BooksellerA"Langley's book is an almost perfect blend of memoir, Navajo culture and travelogueA" The Tuscon Citizen