Jack Maher

“Author, curator, renowned world authority on Native American Art, Eric Douglas was a museologist for the ages. Known as “”Poppy”” by his family, he revolutionized display methods at The Denver Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Indian Court at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and many others.

Widely known and respected among Hopi, Navajo, Cheyenne and other Native American artists, he rode horseback with his father in the early 20th century to get to know the land and people of the Great Southwest. He pioneered the Denver Art Museum’s popular “”Indian Style Shows”” where live models presented authentic Native textiles. He was a tireless champion of Native creators in both traditional and new works. This historic novel tracks his colorful life which included commanding 110 nurses in New Hebrides during World War II. When Becky Maher suffered a massive, ultimately fatal brain aneurysm at her Catholic Church, her family was devastated. But in the days that followed a story emerged that was as beautiful as it was extraordinary, revealing God’s hand in an unforgettable way. Part memoir/part spiritual odyssey, “”You Were Chosen, Just Like Mary: A True Story of Love and Faith”” offers readers the chance to see the unseen and to believe the unbelievable.

“If what you are seeking is a book brimming with brilliant new insight regarding what we Catholics assert is the One True Church, you’d best move on as I am no theologian. What you’ve stumbled upon are the reflections of a poor, converted sinner in the midst of a remarkable journey that started in a Colorado church parking lot on a beautiful late May afternoon.””