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The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos (Zia Books) Paperback – May 1, 1973

by Peggy Pond Church (Author)
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This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso, to Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and the other atomic scientists who worked at Los Alamos during World War II.

"A finely told tale of a strange land and of a rare character who united with it and, without seeming to do anything to that end, exerted an unusual influence upon all other lovers of that soil with whom she came in contact. The quality of the country, of the many kinds of people, and of the central character come through excellently." --Oliver La Farge

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    University of New Mexico Press
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 1973
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0826302815
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0826302816
  8. Lexile measure
    1150L
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The haunting experiences of a shy Pennsylvania woman who opened a tearoom in her adobe home that became a haven for neighboring nuclear scientists and Indians alike.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of New Mexico Press; Trade edition (May 1, 1973)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0826302815
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826302816
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1150L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Carla C. Kerr
5.0 out of 5 stars The House at Otowi Bridge
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2012
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This is the story of a woman years ahead of her time. She is a pioneer, not in the sense of someone crossing the prairie in a schooner, but more because she dares to live her life as she desires. Edith exhibits extreme courage in making herself almost an Indian tribal member by showing her complete acceptance of the Pueblo Indians and their ways.

Edith Warner develops an astounding relationship with the scientists of Los Alamos as well as their wives gaining their trust and confidence. The little house where she lives is the freight delivery point for the people in Los Alamos and along with her pay for handling this, she also sells items such as tobacco and beer. She creates an atmosphere in her little house of safety and enjoyment. She becomes famous for her dinners cooked for the likes of Oppenheimer and Neils Bohr and their spouses. Edith had an Indian man helping her in the garden and around the house named Talano and it is rumored that he was also her lover. This was probably spiked by the fact that he slept in the little house although in his own room. This would be further proof of Edith being a woman well ahead of her time were it true.

This book is but one of the myriad of stories related to the Los Alamos project and the creation of the Atomic bomb and it gives one insight into the humanness of these men who carried the weight of the world on their shoulders while trying to development a way to end WWII as well as this amazing woman who did her part quietly and humbly. It is well written and I highly recommend it.
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Rusty Henson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great backstory about Los Alamos
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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The story about Edith Warner has never gotten the attention it deserves and I hear that several screenwriters and producers are about to change that!
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Cynthia Snowden
4.0 out of 5 stars Lyrical and unsatisfying
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2007
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This is almost a prose poem about the beauties of the Los Alamos area and a life lived alone and apparently satisfyingly. Well, not entirely alone. Edith Warner, the subject of this biographical sketch, did live happily alone for a time -- how long a time? But then she was joined at the little house at Otowi Bridge by Tilano, a much older Indian man who was her companion until she died twenty-some years later. Edith was great friends with the Indians from the San Ildefonso pueblo, and with some of the scientists and support personnel at Los Alamos in the years when the bomb was being developed -- 1942 to 1945. It is this Los Alamos connection that has put her on the map, although her life was interesting enough in any case.

But if you have at all a practical intellect, you will chafe at what isn't included in the book. Life in this remote spot presented numerous challenges -- how were they met? Edith soon after going to Otowi Bridge began serving teas -- that's how she met Robert Oppenheimer -- and later Oppie arranged that she should serve dinners to a couple of groups from "the Hill" each evening. But how did she get the food? Where did she store it? Did she have kitchen or garden help, beyond what Tilano provided?
At some point a horse, a cow, and a dog appear in the narrative -- where did they come from? How much money might she have had and where did she keep it? She had a guest house too -- who did the laundry? Gasoline rationing during the war was mentioned as a problem, but for what would they have needed gas? Did she and Tilano have a car? Truck? Motorcycle? Where did she get the shirtwaist dresses she habitually wore? Most biographies fill in the blanks better than this.

Edith is presented as a rather otherworldly person who worked very hard, and no doubt that view of her is true. But it is too magical; it can't be the whole story -- where is the rest?
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Doña María
5.0 out of 5 stars The House at Otowi Bridge...
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2014
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"The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos" by Peggy Pond Church, as the title says is the story of Edith Warner whose destiny brought her from Philadelphia to New Mexico because of failing health. Unsuspectingly, the little house on Otowi bridge anchored Edith to that New Mexican land, its mesas, canyons, its Pueblo Indian neighbors, its juniper scented air, its blue skies and river song, where her health and spirit began to slowly heal. This book has been the most soothing, pleasurable, restful, book I have read in a while. Pond Church's prose is poetic and draws the reader into the narrative ever so gently making the reader so much a part of Edith's story that nothing else matters but knowing what happens next. Little did Edith know when she moved into that little house that life was putting her in the very midst of the Manhattan Project, or that the scientists whose task it was to change the world would be regular visitors at her little house, as they too looked for a healing of their spirits. I didn't want the book to end, and am resolved to read more of Ms. Church's poetry, of Edith Warner, as well as more about Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project and the wives that accompanied those multi national physicists. Wonderful book, told in a poetic prose by an author whose other writings I want to pursue.
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Jamie Boling
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the story of Edith.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023
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Understanding how she felt about her environment, friendships, efforts to cope and flourish in her environment
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Lynn
3.0 out of 5 stars As title says it’s a book about Edith not Los Alamos
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023
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For me it was tedious because of all the descriptions of flowers excetera. No action except growing flowers. I was looking for something else but if I had reall read the title I would have known th book wasn’t what I was looking for.
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kata
5.0 out of 5 stars House at Otowi Bridge
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023
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This is a must read New Mexico 101 book. Written in the 1930s. Oppenheimer is included.
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Penn Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely narrative about a simple women in a complex time.
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2011
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Peggy Pond Church does a lovely job retelling the story of Edith Warner and her time at Otowi Bridge. I loved this story. A Philadelphia school teacher sent to the dessert to recuperate, only to return to her urban life and realize she can no longer live there. She returns to the dessert and makes her way in the simplest of ways: a garden and a tea shop. Her story become history when The Manhattan Project begins in Los Alamos and she, through her friendship with Robert Oppenheimer, begins serving meals to the scientists. Edith Warner, the woman who took the dessert to live simply, became a first hand witness to the changing of our world.
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LIV
5.0 out of 5 stars The House at Otowi Bridge
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2014
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Really enjoyed the story, loved the way the author blended the ancient customs of the native people with the story of the nuclear testing, the two sides of the story were very well presented, and non judgemental, the reader can form his/her opinion. Edith Warner was really a very remarkable woman,she must have had tremendous strength of character to move away from the safety of home and family to such a remote place and carve out a living there.
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2.0 out of 5 stars 本のコンディション
Reviewed in Japan on August 2, 2016
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very good という評価の本を購入したが、最初の１０頁ほどにおおきなしみ／よごれがついていた。
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