Russell Martin

An account of the struggle between the conservation community and the dambuilders to build the Glen Canyon Dam.

The author follows his friend, a Colorado neurologist, as he treats a variety of patients with conditions including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, chronic pain, language disorders, migraine headaches, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, brain tumors, and accidents.

Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American perspective on gender and sexuality and the need for a balanced interrelationship between the feminine and masculine.