Tall Sheep. Harry Goulding, Monument Valley Trader

SAMUEL MOON

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xviii, 250 pp., preface, introduction, illustrated from photographs, portraits, maps, notes, bibliography, index.

Harry Goulding—"Tall Sheep" to the Navajos—ran a trading post in Monument Valley from 1925 to 1963. In this book the Gouldings, and those who knew them, tell the story of the trader and his wife among the Navajos and among the increasing number of Anglos, who came to Monument Valley as visitors and whom Harry introduced to the land and its people. Samuel Moon's commentary sets their words in the context of larger events. John Ford, the famous movie director, headquartered at Goulding's to film his westerns in beautiful Monument Valley

Overall, the piece portrays Goulding as a resourceful, compassionate, and influential man whose relationship with the Navajo people and the land made him an important part of Monument Valley’s history. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.