In the Sierra Madre Hardback
by Jeff Biggers
Hardback
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A stunning history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in Mexico's Copper Canyon Based on his one-year sojourn in Copper Canyon among the Raramuri/Tarahumara, award-winning journalist Jeff Biggers offers a rare look into the ways of the most resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the fascinating parade of argonauts and accidental travelers who have journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries.
From African explorers, Bohemian friars, Confederate and Irish war deserters, French poets, Boer and Russian commandos, Apache and Mennonite communities, bewildered archaeologists, addled writers, and legendary characters including Antonin Artaud, Henry Flipper, B.
Traven, Sergei Eisenstein, George Patton, Geronimo, and Pancho Villa, Biggers uncovers the remarkable treasures of the Sierra Madre.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:09/08/2006
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- ISBN:9780252031014
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:09/08/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252031014