Easter Fires

by Wilma Pitchford Hays, Peter Burchard (Illustrator)

The beginning of the custom of lighting bonfires at Easter time among the Indians of the Southwest.

Library Binding

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Wilma Pitchford Hays, 98, Venice, died March 10, 2006. She was born Nov. 22, 1907, in Nanee County, Neb., and came to Venice in 1965 from Connecticut. She had taught in a one-room school and later wrote more than 40 children's books.

- Sarasota, Florida, Herald Tribune