91756dc5-d33c-4fdf-8492-38887c6fd129TrueNewShip31MexicoAmazonLargeBooksreviewrank127132127143822851779http://www.amazon.com/Diego-Rivera-Complete-Murals-Spanish/dp/3822851779%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D3822851779982246http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ApN%2BrDleL._SL75_.jpg7555http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ApN%2BrDleL._SL160_.jpg160118http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ApN%2BrDleL.jpg500368Luis-Martin LozanoJuan Rafael RiveraHardcoverMaria Estella Duarte SanchezLaura Gonzalez MatuteRenato Gonzalez MelloMauricio Lopez ValdesCatha PaquetteAna Isabel Perez Gavilan AvilaNadia Ugalde GomezMarina Vazquez RamosJames WechslerDiego Rivera759.9729783822851777Illustrated3403822851779TaschenSpanishSpanishSpanish200020000USD$200.00Taschen1674Book2008-12-01TaschenTaschen1935132014600USD$146.00200011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewUidGRY8FplqtDn%2FN6DMk1Ow2J792Z83rJnTVnQnA1eTu6OzgOD5YiJwFBbBXK26JGseY9Wat%2FGlUtpeVbNVuJQ%3D%3D14600USD$146.00Usually ships in 24 hours5.04138228517795002008-11-22

Breathtaking

This book is worth every penny spent. I didn't realize that the book would be so big in size. This book shows all of the works by Rivera. An amazing book for a coffee table. I see something new each time I look through it. This book is a must for a Diego Rivera art lover.38228517795222008-09-03

Diego Rivera Complete Murals

This product is fantastic! It's not a book for the light weight as it is physically heavy to hold. However due to its enormous size, it means you get to see all Rivera's amazing detail close up. <br /> <br />The commentary is interesting and informative about the history and politics that influenced Rivera's art. Seeing the vast number of murals he painted in his lifetime in one book, makes one appreciate his skill and patience. <br /> <br />My one criticism - the excessive packaging by Amazon. It arrived in a massive box full of plastic - this really was unnecessary and I hope Amazon will reduce the amount of packaging it uses. 38228517795552008-05-27

It doesn't get any better

Taschen's XL art series is wonderful in it's own right but this just might be the best they've yet produced. This enormous tome is superb in it's execution. The picture quality is the absolute best and several of the murals are presented as foldouts allowing the rich colorful images to pop off the page. Copious amounts of information, including photos and diagrams are included to give the history and make-up of the pieces even more depth. If you have the money and the space this is the best book on Rivera that you will find.3822851779510102008-03-18

Fantastic!

I own several books on Diego Rivera, this new Taschen book is the only one I'd ever need. It's HUGE with to start with, then it has nearly poster sized fold-out illustrations, beautifully crisp close ups of his murals (yes, all of them). The book also includes some of his easel paintings, although the emphasis is on his mural work plus preliminary drawings. If only there was such a book on the rest of my favorite painters, this one is a milestone in art-book publishing, period. Like it's tailor made for artists, and a bargain at the price.A veritable folk hero in Latin America and Mexico's most important artist--along with his wife, painter Frida Kahlo--Rivera led a passionate life devoted to art. This lavish volume features Rivera's complete mural oeuvre, with essays by prominent art historians offering interpretations of each mural.38228305503822848271382285153109356408863775721096307367011Moderno307363011Las Escuelas, Los Períodos y Estilos307357011Historia del Arte307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712415011General AAS307363011Las Escuelas, Los Períodos y Estilos307357011Historia del Arte307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712414011General AAS307357011Historia del Arte307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books307384011Pintores307382011Pintura307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712420011General AAS307382011Pintura307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712412011General AAS307356011Arte301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books307398011(P-R)307389011Artistas, A-Z301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books307404011General307389011Artistas, A-Z301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712424011General AAS307389011Artistas, A-Z301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712411011General AAS301732Arte, arquitectura y fotografía301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712514011General AAS301745Historia301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712797011General AAS309335011Educación309310011No-Ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712784011General AAS309310011No-Ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712406011General AAS301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books1391Rivera, Diego1359( P-R )1104Artists, A-Z1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books585494General1104Artists, A-Z1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713016011General AAS1104Artists, A-Z1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books3825081Caribbean & Latin American1095Regional1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books1083Modern1067Schools, Periods & Styles1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books11864Spanish11811Instruction11773Foreign Languages21Reference1000Subjects283155Books394191011Illustrated394185011Edition (format)388186011Refinements283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0826310435http://www.amazon.com/Dine-Bahane-Navajo-Creation-Story/dp/0826310435%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D082631043590931http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MD4SD0X5L._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MD4SD0X5L._SL160_.jpg160103http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MD4SD0X5L.jpg475306Paul G. ZolbrodPaperback299.7897808263104391000826310435University of New Mexico PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9202195USD$21.95University of New Mexico Press1443Book1987-12-01University of New Mexico PressUniversity of New Mexico Press1356001599USD$15.99517USD$5.1725340011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewwz6htzhAoknXXOsWVTDvH3XYVKQz%2BVc0U0VveqNigTz1j%2B%2Fe1zcVfU%2BwOak5fmWIpaOSPgmS49PKvRVCORf4ww%3D%3D2195USD$21.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.04108263104355222007-10-20

Navajo Creation Story

This is a book that is easy to read. It beautifully explains many of the Navajo stories of their creation. There is humor, pathos and much wisdom. <br />If you read it, you will see parallels to other stories of creation. <br />A lovely book to read any time, but especially if you are planning to visit the American southwest. You will appreciate New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado in a heightened way, seeing sacred spots to the Navajo and understanding why they are to be respected.0826310435520202001-12-06

History - Past and Present

There are several versions of the Navajo Creation Story known but Paul Zolbrod has captured the most plausible and accepted rendition in print. Most Navajos that I know accept this text as adequate and feel that the author's treatment of the subject matter is fair and sensitive to a very vital element of Dine' culture. Many Navajos, especially elders will say that the material printed in this book used to be reserved for the sweat hooghan and special times between family members but understand that now things have changed and accept the publication of very special and sensitive aspects of a great peoples' religion, as long as it is done under the auspices of the Navajo Nation. Perhaps in time others will publish material more to the needs of Navajo scholars but to this day this book is the literary standard of the creation stories.08263104355572001-07-16

Excellent scholarly work

Paul Zolbrod does a fine job of collating his own transcriptions of Navajo oral traditions with the records of other scholars from decades past to create a seamless narration of the Navajo story of creation. This is a valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of a specific native American culture.0826310435514291997-04-15

Are you wondering how we evolved? Emerge into a new book.

This book is about the creation of life. How human beings evolved in a world that had kaos. This tale includes many different worlds, in which life was discovered. Many gods have created human life to bring forth to what we arrived to today, but the only thing to destroy us is kaos. Hatred among both sexes causes the seperation which leads to longing for one another. Among the humans, anxiety was brought to the world and the gods who created the world, got angey. So the gods took action and destroyed the world by pushing all forms of life out almost killing everyone, but the humans were the smartest and emerged into the next world which is known todayThis is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews’ <i>Navajo Legends</i> of 1847. Zolbrod’s new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition.<p>Zolbrod’s book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.014044100X082632715X048627592206848184500876875002713011011General AAS468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books15812121Oral History4987Historical Study9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books297517Fairy Tales10134Genre Fiction17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books16004531Navaho9955Native American9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books11235Cultural11233Anthropology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11256Folklore & Mythology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713503011General AAS11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11268General11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713494011General AAS11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books12478Native American12472Earth-Based Religions22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR32E4BULJKVRHYa few Navajo books0312202032http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Pool-Steve-Brewer/dp/0312202032%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D03122020322945902http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y065NS93L._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y065NS93L._SL160_.jpg160106http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y065NS93L.jpg475315Steve BrewerHardcover813.5497803122020331000312202032St Martins PrEnglishEnglishEnglish8502395USD$23.95St Martins Pr260Book1999-03St Martins PrSt Martins Pr9557564USD$0.642400USD$24.0002620005.04103122020324112005-11-11

Fast paced entertainment.

Dirty Pool has it all. It is funny, suspenseful, with great characters and a believable plot. Bubba, a private investigator, must search for the son of a millionaire. The rebel kid has turned into a skinhead and hangs around people so scary you may think about putting down the novel because you want to forget them. During his journey into the dark world of the skinheads, Bubba must come to terms with his father, who abandoned him when he was only nine, and is now driving him crazy with his irrational behavior. <br /> <br />Dirty Pool is a very entertaining novel. Steve Brewer accomplished a lot with a novel that has less than 300 pages. Evidence that you don't need to bore readers with long descriptions and lots of information to create a classic.03122020325122003-09-15

A raw, real, murderously enjoyable novel

Dirty Pool by Steve Brewer is a gritty, two-fisted mystery in the tradition of Mike Hammer and Mickey Spillane. Hard-boiled and street savvy private eye Bubba Mabry gets a seemingly slick and easy moneymaker case - drop of a ransom for the kidnaping of the pampered, rebellious, skinhead son of a multimillionaire. But when both the money and the kidnaped individual disappear, Bubba is stiffed his tip - unless he can locate the boy, meaning that he's earned the claim to the ransom himself. Imminent family problems in the form of his own pain-in-the-neck father coming to visit won't stop Bubba from pursuing the prize in this raw, real, murderously enjoyable novel.03122020325441999-10-24

An excellent mystery wrapped up in a great sense of humor.

Bubba Mabry should have been a member of the Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight. He has a penchant for getting into trouble, yet somehow always gets his guy. Steve Brewer has a knack for developing a fine mystery, all the while exposing his protagonist's weaknesses and fumblings. And he does it with a refreshing sense of humor. Brewer can also turn a phrase so that the reader remembers excerpts from his books long after finishing them. Dirty Pool is the fifth in the Bubba Mabry series and makes the reader call for more, more, more. This latest book brings new dimension to Bubba with the addition of the investigator's long-lost father, Dub, and Bubba's continuing relationship with Felicia, the hard-edged newspaperwoman. As I read Dirty Pool, I began to think that Bubba was growing---in sophistication, in compassion, in competence. But, in the end, it was actually the people around him who grew. Bubba is an incorrigible plodder, who somehow gets the job done. And does so in an endearing way. Unlike a lot of writers whose characters and plots become diluted with subsequent editions, Brewer seems to get better as he goes along. And so do his characters. If you like a good mystery and want a good laugh along the way, pick up Dirty Pool---or any other of Brewer's works, for that matter.03122020325231999-03-12

Humorous mystery starring an anti-hero

<p>Albuquerque private investigator Bubba Mabry desperately wants to tell his nemesis private detective William J. Pool to go to hell when his unscrupulous rival asks for help. However, Bubba needs the cash, sees a chance to obtain a needed boost to his own agency, and also has an opportunity to finally trump William. He agrees to join in on the investigation of locating Richie, the teenage son of Texas millionaire Dick Johnson. <p>The circumstantial evidence points towards an abduction especially since the kidnapper sent Dick a ransom note. However, Dick feels his crazy son set up the entire affair, including authoring the note. Bubba delivers the ransom, which Richie collects. Dick informs his two detectives that the one who brings his son home keeps the ransom money. Amoral William sets bungling Bubba up to fail as they contend for $200,000. <p>DIRTY POOL is a different type of private detective story because the hero is more human than most investigators found in mystery tales. Bubba has at best average intelligence and makes the cowardly lion seem heroically intrepid. However, this leaves readers with divergent feelings towards him. At times, one wants to help him as he muddles his way through a case. At other times the audience will want to slap him silly and shut the book. Stephen Brewer demonstrates he has the ability to write an entertaining novel starring a less humorous Couseau-like boob.<p><p>Harriet KlausnerUsually, Albuquerque P.I. Bubba Mabry has trouble finding enough cases to keep his agency afloat. Hell, Bubba has trouble with just about everything. Then he's hired for a case that seems tailor-made for him: quick and easy. The teenage son of a Texas millionaire is missing. The millionaire's had no luck with the high-tech, out-of-towner, loudmouth P.I. he already hired, and wants Bubba to help out. Of course, the loudmouth is on William J. Pool, who just happens to be Bubba's nemesis in the P.I. business. He's made a fool of Bubba more than once. Not an ideal situation, but perhaps a chance for Bubba to regain some face, and earn some much-needed cash as well.<P> So, it sounds like easy money. But then, just at the worst possible time, Bubba's long-missing father turns up, clearly suffering from Alzheimer's. The last thing Bubba needs is a distraction from such an important case, especially a distraction that is so troubling. Trying to sort out their relationship and confront his conflicted feelings for a man who deserted him as a child promises to be practically as difficult for Bubba as locating the troubled teenager. <P> With <I>Dirty Pool</I>, Steve Brewer has written his strongest book yet, combining his trademark sharp, sarcastic writing and larger-than-life characters with a more powerful and hard-hitting story than ever before. 18907681380373264542189076819718907682001890768316713411011General AAS9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10468Hard-Boiled10457Mystery18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books605116General18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books713437011General AAS18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books36K0JTZEEOJ94More Mysteries to try0764558927http://www.amazon.com/Dishes-Wild-Horse-Desert-Norte%C3%B1o/dp/0764558927%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0764558927302618http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EZ8G232JL._SL75_.jpg7561http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EZ8G232JL._SL160_.jpg160130http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EZ8G232JL.jpg500407Melissa GuerraHardcover641.597997807645589241300764558927WileyEnglishEnglishEnglish9302995USD$29.95Wiley1288Book2006-05-10WileyWiley180730543USD$5.43550USD$5.5028110011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewASRDcj0UIMNLeZS5aKv7asmytuNxcWHQwILwTibvSenpIU3LFWfG5EzsttT1QcprRI8m3ESmBNtBaWXr%2BrEQ5g%3D%3D2396USD$23.96Usually ships in 9 to 12 days5.04107645589275442007-07-18

Great recipes, easy to read, informative and deep

With so many cookbooks, the layout can really turn me off of a book. The first thing that struck me when I flipped open to a random page how it drew me in. Most recipes include a bit of the author's personal history with the dish and many introduce with the "old way" of making the dish as well as present a new way that is less labor intensive. Often she will follow up with a recipe for those who want to try the traditional method. <br /> <br />A very thorough book that explores local ingredients, explains when they were served, what you might find in your supermarket and then clearly describes how to prepare the dish. <br /> <br />I'm a recent transplant to Texas and have had my eyes opened to Mexican and Tex-Mex food. This book introduces Norteno cuisine that is found in many traditional border homes. I couldn't wait to try my hand at these recipes. <br /> <br />Also, if you're someone who likes to read cookbooks for enjoyment, you'll love this one. <br /> <br />07645589275552006-12-11

Recipes from the Wild Horse Desert

Great cookbook for those that are looking for TRUE South Texas-Northern Mexico cuisine. It is beautifully written and a cookbook you will keep in your library forever.07645589275772006-11-20

Great Cookbook!

I am a beginning cook that moved from South Texas and love this book! Now I can make all of my favorites in my own kitchen far from home. The background Melissa gives is so interesting and it makes you feel like she is in the kitchen with you almost! 076455892759122006-05-11

Outstanding, Authentic, and Beautifully done

Of of the few, rare, authentic looks at some exceptionally wonderful food. The book is beautiful, and enhances the feel for understanding the landscape and people that authentic south Texas ranch cooking comes from. Thank God Melissa is secure enough in tradition that she did not feel the need to throw Mangos in everything to prove she was a creative chef. I have pet goats that were adopted as orphans, and they are very sweet and loving, so I no longer eat Cabrito, but have had it enough in the past to appreciate the recipes. <br />Explore the authentic flavors of TRUE TEX-MEX cooking<br> <br> <br> <br> "Ideals nourish the spirits, but food sustains the body that houses that spirit. Food keeps the spirit alive. The Wild Horse Desert provided very little for the people that roamed and settled this harsh, hot land. Yet, they survived, and in time, flourished. Their dreams tamed the desert."<br> --Melissa Guerra0767921496B0012F7VE00767914880039305781X19317216964298Mexican4262Regional & International6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books4315Southwest4300U.S. Regional4262Regional & International6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books4307General4300U.S. Regional4262Regional & International6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books713215011General AAS4300U.S. Regional4262Regional & International6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books4233General6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books713205011General AAS6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR2AH97LIKRO1F0Beard 2007 booksR25N6PSSIRRPGTPopular CookbooksR6MWO4PSHUZSZDinner TimeR1B8BR3TX6E2OAMy Favorite CookbooksR1J73009303EN9"Love these cookbooks..."RYB7O6GOQH8C7"Fab Meals"R4NSXNVGLRE4EEazy As 1-2-3 (Cookbooks)R01ER1XPVGU4Top Mexican/Tex-Mex CookbooksB0007EFH7Khttp://www.amazon.com/Life-Mexico-Doubleday-Dolphin-book/dp/B0007EFH7K%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0007EFH7K4029332Calderón de la BarcaUnknown BindingDolphin BooksEnglishEnglishDolphin Books548Book1960Dolphin BooksDolphin Books475USD$4.750300005.041B0007EFH7K5002007-06-24

Life in Mexico in the 1700's

Madam Calderon de la Barca was a young woman from the east coast USA who was a natural born writer. She kept a wonderful personal journal about her life in Mexico after she married the Spanish ambassador. They travel by ship to Havanna then on to Veracruz where she encounters mangos and other New World delights. After a long hard road via stage coach to Mexico City they settle into their new home in the Mint on the Zocalo in the heart of downtown. Senora Calderon de la Barca has an eye for detail and a wonderul understated humor she uses to describe life in Mexico in the early 1700's. She visits haciendas, nunneries, great ballrooms, corner tortilla and lace makers, drinks pulque and she notes it all down with a most deliciously transporting pen. Enjoy.B0007EFH7K5222007-02-14

Incomparable

This would have to be required reading for anybody with even a slight interest in Mexican history. It is a fascinating glimpse of life in Mexico, especially the capital, in the 1840s, after the separation of Texas from Mexico and before the U.S.-Mexican War. The book originated as personal correspondence, written in English, from the author to friends of hers. She was a well educated Scottish-born American woman married to a Spanish diplomat. It is essentially a sequence of anecdotes, most of them indescribable and unforgettable.B0007EFH7K5222007-01-16

A Bostonian lady travels to the Past

Francis Erskine Inglis was a Scotswoman emigrated to Boston, where she met and married an older Spanish diplomat, Angel Calderon de la Barca. Soon after they got married, he was appointed the first Ambassador of Spain in Mexico (after this country's Independence). They were in Mexico from late 1839 to early 1842. During that time, Fanny wrote many letters to her family, of which 54 were edited and published. Together they form one of the best books ever written about Mexico by a foreigner. Fanny had great power of observation, an ironic but endearing sense of humor, as well as education and cultivation. Her feminine perspective gives the book an interesting domestic touch (she reports in detail about the women's dresses, hairdoes and so). Although of course political and economic issues are present, her chronicle focuses more on everyday life. <br /> <br />After a stay in Havana, the travellers reach the dirty and disordered port of Veracruz (nowadays a beautiful city), from where they set out to Mexico City, having previously visited Santa Anna, 11 times president of Mexico and the victor at El Alamo, at his hacienda. The Mexico portrayed by the Madame is extremely beautiful in natural landscapes, extremely varied in them, but it's also a sparsely populated country, in bad order, infested by criminals. In spite of a few cosmopolitan and sophisticated people, Mexico was basically parochial and backwards, not without a certain charm for a Bostonian. In one of the most lucid passages, Fanny compares Mexican towns with New England towns. The Mexican are solid, full of history, always looking at the past. The New English are temporary, focused in the present and the future. Naturally, the Calderons get in touch with the "best society" in Mexico, including many interesting characters. Something that both fascinates and terrifies Fanny is the absolute power of the Catholic Church. A Church that is totally Medieval, rigid, cruel and obscurantist. Mexico City is at the same time full of convents and destitutes. <br /> <br />Fanny decides to take advantage of her adventure and does many things, which form the bulk of the book. She goes to bull fights, cock fights, shows of equestrian prowess, and she drinks the horrid "pulque", a beverage she ends up loving. The couple survive two revolutions (nothing too serious) and three long journeys through Mexico's inland. The first one was to the state of Hidalgo, full of silver mines and wonderful estates and towns (very recommendable little trip if you can do it). A second and longer trip takes them to Cuernavaca, and Guerrero, where they visit several sugarcane haciendas and the impressive caves of Cacahuamilpa, returning through a long detour towards Puebla. In their last trip, they travel West to Michoacan. <br /> <br />This is simply a delicious book even if you've never been in Mexico, but of course you can picture everything more clearly if you've visited. If you are Mexican or live there, it is a wonderful book and many things are explained by watching its past. Fanny is ironic and a harsh critic of many things, but she truly shows affection for the country where she was so happy. Much recommended.B0007EFH7K49102001-11-17

Fine picture of life in an era that is long gone

At age 33 Frances Erskine, a Scotswoman living in New York, married Sr. Calderon de la Barca, a Spanish diplomat. Her husband was then sent to Mexico City as the first Spanish ambassador to Mexico after Independence. The book consists of about 50 letters that she sent to her friends in the USA, describing their 2.5 years there, 1840-42.<p>The book includes her experience of two revolutions (one failed, one successful), three long journeys by horseback and carriage (one to the silver mines in Hidalgo, one south to Cuernavaca and environs, one west to Michoacan), and innumerable social events in Mexico City. What emerges is a sharp, detailed picture of a long-gone Mexico, a very poor country with a very wealthy upper class, still underpopulated and filled with natural beauty (even around Mexico City), beset by weak and unstable governments, tremendously influenced in daily life by the Catholic Church, in sum a country in many ways not out of the 18th century (or the 17th or 16th either).<p>I recommend this book for lovers of social history and lovers of Mexico. There are 500 pages of text, so you get your money's worth. I gave it only 4 stars because I thought it needed footnotes to explain the historical events and customs of the time. Only someone with a deep knowledge of 19th century Mexican history and customs, especially religious customs, would capture all the references. I know I missed many of them.Introduction by Manuel Romero de Terreros Marques de San Francisco0842050612039392769515658417860195121872159691103467661General17148Mexico17128Latin America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books713835011General AAS17148Mexico17128Latin America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books0300094671http://www.amazon.com/Down-Santa-Trail-Into-Mexico/dp/0300094671%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D03000946711076545http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KHVWCQD2L._SL75_.jpg7547http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KHVWCQD2L._SL160_.jpg160100http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KHVWCQD2L.jpg475297PaperbackStella Drumm9739780300094671910300094671Yale University PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8283400USD$34.00Yale University Press1348Book1926-03-11Yale University PressYale University Press866082750USD$27.501195USD$11.951300005.04103000946715112008-04-22

"Breathing Free"

It is with some awe in my own breast that I write a review for this remarkable little book, which is a "Historical Diary" and therefore of importance to those who would study history from the human element rather than strictly through footnotes. I offer a quote taken from her that struck me as one of the most unique I have heard uttered - flowing from the mind through the pen and on to posterity from of one of the Pioneers; the raw honesty springing from the personal epic she never designed for others other than family to ever see: <br /> <br />"There is such Independence, so much free, uncontaminated air, which impregnates the mind, the feelings, nay, every thought, with purity. I breathe free without that oppression and uneasiness felt in the gossiping circles felt in the settled home." <br /> <br />The writer is not polished; but her work was never intended to be published. What makes it so intriguing is that she managed to capture the moment, the time, complete with names, descriptions of the country and the peoples as she was thoughtfully living it, something most of us would either not think of doing, or be distracted in the monumental tasks of everyday work in such an environment. Which brings me to the crux of the matter in a hurry: this woman, though very young, was educated, had married a mature, much older man man who had a thriving, though fraught with danger Trade business established on the fringes of the frontiers. She was pampered throughout the journey; yet never seemed to take it for granted. As a result, she could write enthusiastically of events and gather wildflowers at will, almost as a scientific mode arising unintentioned from the moment; this free, unencumbered freedom from heavy responsibility obviously was one of the things that allowed her to devote her time, energy and full attention to matters of the day that were happening around her, while her servants did the mundane work. This alertness is felt throughout the book, even in the midst of the terror of Mexican and Indian attacks that came within miles of their supply train. I don't know how much of this she went back and wrote with a steadier hand, but it appears that she was in full self-control at all times, even during these times of high stress. <br /> <br />Her devotion to her husband is genuine, and is felt in a way much different than many diaries I have read. It seems as though their union was one of love, companionship; yet comprised of a strong sense of individualism, another idea that was rare within that era of female domination. She describes the grass, the cold, sweet limestone water, the suffering of the animals when lack of feed and water arose - it made no difference - the wagons must travel on. <br /> <br />In short, she wrote what is possibly one of the most accurate, historical accountings, unembellished of the Santa Fe Trail at that time simply because she didn't know she was doing it. <br /> <br />If you love old Southwest history, American Frontier History of any kind, you will enjoy this book.03000946715222007-09-19

Good reading!

I am an author. I am writing a novel based on my grandmother's life. I'm using this book as a guide to writing her story. She was born in 1863 in Clinton, Iowa and traveled west. The route she took is not know but this book gives a vivid account of the trail and its tribulations and high points.03000946715772006-02-27

"The curtain raises now with a new scene."

<br />Many journals of travelers along the Santa Fe (and Oregon and California) Trail have been published, but Susan Magoffin's ranks among the best of them. Susan Magoffin was born of a wealthy family in Kentucky and had recently married the successful Santa Fe trader Samuel Magoffin. They had spent six months on a honeymoon trip to New York and Philadelphia (about which Susan also kept a journal, though to my knowledge it has not been published), and now, two months after their return to Independence, Missouri, she was to accompany her husband on a caravan transporting goods along the Santa Fe Trail to northern Mexico. She was 18 years old. <br /> <br />Magoffin is as charming as any 18 year old could be, and it's a joy for the reader to share her sense of adventure. She is obviously having the time of her life, despite the inconveniences of broken wagon bows and stormy weather. We also get a view of what life was like for typical travelers on the trail. There is also intrigue to a degree: Samuel's older brother James was on a mission for President Polk preceding Stephen Kearny's troops during the initial stages of the Mexican War, and news about James enters the journal at certain points, including once where he was robbed by the Apaches but somehow escaped with his life. After the trading caravan reached Santa Fe, the Magoffins contined on into Mexico, spending time at Chihuahua. The journal ends on September 8, 1847, and does not include her contracting yellow fever at Matamoras where she also gave birth to a son (he died a few days later). The couple then sailed across the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River and to Susan's family in Kentucky. (Susan would live only another eight years, dying of childbirth at age 27.) <br /> <br />It's a wonderful first-hand account. My only complaint is that I wish editor Stella Drumm had identified locations (camping sites, geographic sites, etc.) mentioned by Magoffin in the journal. Other than that, it's a chronicle that can be read often and always seem fresh and exciting. A must-read record of an important and lively adventure.0300094671522271998-11-01

Primary Source tale of a honeymoon on the Santa Fe Trail

Magoffin was a name familiar to the Mexicans who had trading relations with Susan's husband for years before he married her and took her with him from the states on an expedition to Chihuahua, Mexico. She kept a diary from which she drew her information for the only book I know written by a woman, young and pregnant, whose fate it was to die in her 26th year, at home. Accounts from her perspective at such a crucial time in relations between the United States and Mexico, in a venacular peculiarly her own, make her work one of considerable importance to the serious student of the time. Revealing also are individual encounters with men, some from her own country, and her opinion of Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, commander of the U.S. Army of the West stationed in Sante Fe. Susan was a young lady of class the exercise of which makes the reader proud, and whose elegance charmed all who came to know her.Eighteen-year-old bride's 15-month journey from Independence, Missouri, to Chihuahua. Mexico. Filled with daily observations of life on trail, people met, miles travelled, and information on countryside. Colorful and exciting and historically important.006091251008032791240870818007087081240803124528534836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4856General485419th Century4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4858Old West485419th Century4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4872General14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4870General4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0007DNAZWhttp://www.amazon.com/eagle-serpent-Marti%C3%8C%C2%81n-Luis-Guzma%C3%8C%C2%81n/dp/B0007DNAZW%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0007DNAZWMartín Luis GuzmánUnknown BindingDolphin BooksEnglishEnglishDolphin Books386Book1965Dolphin BooksDolphin Books0000005.041B0007DNAZW5552002-07-02

The Greatest Book of the Mexican Revolution

The Eagle and the Serpent is arguably the greatest book of the literature of the Mexican Revolution. It tells the story of a young student's involvement in the uprising that shook Mexico from 1910-1920 and his incredible adventures with the great "heroes" of the Revolution. Guzmán has an incredibly fluid and poetic style with which he paints detailed portraits of the political and social situation in Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century. He amazes the reader with an artistry and wit that runs throughout his accounts of the famous places and people of the Revolution. If you're not familiar with Mexican Liturature, this is a great place to start your journey: you may never come back!B0007DNAZW4452001-03-09

An Historical Novel of the Mexican Revolution

Mr. Guzman wrote an interesting and very readable account of his adventures during the Mexican Revolution, but many have failed to recognize that Guzman, himself, considered this an historical novel and NOT a history of the revolution. If you wish more accuracy in describing events of the revolution, look elsewhere.B0007DNAZW5441998-02-06

Why read novels, Mexican history is much better.

The author recounts his experiences as an influential ideologist of the Mexican revolution. The adventures he narrates are often hard to believe. The atrocities of Villa. The stubborness of Carranza. The humbleness of the Zapatistas. Countless betrayals on the quest for Mexico City, the golden trophy for all.B0007DNAZW511111997-10-16

Mexican Revolution, History as Adventure

This account of the Mexican Revolution takes you along with the participants in their adventures in the northern states with Pancho Villa as he advances on and occupies Mexico City along with Emiliano Zapata's forces from the southern area of Mexico. An excellent account of what it was like to have been there; which includes every aspect of it all, hold onto your hats...084202879X03947085390292708823080327997308047265584830General4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713296011General AAS4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books0938317547http://www.amazon.com/El-Cucuy-Bogeyman-English-Spanish/dp/0938317547%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0938317547815529http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518PUe4XZ-L._SL75_.jpg5975http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518PUe4XZ-L._SL160_.jpg126160http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518PUe4XZ-L.jpg395500Joe HayesHardcoverHonorio Robledo398.20972059780938317548400938317547Cinco Puntos PressSpanishSpanishSpanish9901595USD$15.95Cinco Puntos Press132Book2001-05-01Cinco Puntos PressAges 4-8Cinco Puntos Press75810962USD$9.62299USD$2.993500USD$35.0019141011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewTcGq6G4DwaQTGLtYN65GTfSb%2FaCZDYwLMuMQ4E24SaQf%2FJZg5PQhmLn%2Fj3fu%2Bx%2FlhHSZLlzBj%2FwQePi7qUElRA%3D%3D1204USD$12.04Usually ships in 24 hours5.04109383175475002008-10-25

A Great Book for Hispanic Heritage Month

I teach elementary school. I bought the book to use during Hispanic Heritage month. The children loved the story and begged me to read it again and again. A must have for elementary teachers.El Cucuy: A Bogeyman Cuento (English and Spanish)09383175475332008-01-14

Great

I grew up in New Mexico and Joe Hayes used to actually go to my elementary school to tell us stories. This was my favorite story for him to tell. I can still remember how animated he was when telling stories-it was great. I am so glad that I will be able to share some of his stories with my own daughter. 09383175475002007-06-09

Teacher Touts Book!

I use this book in my 6th grade class in NM. It's a great example of a bi-lingual book that focuses on stories from the Hispanic culture. What child has no grown up with stories of the "bogey man" in any language? You can pair ELL students up with a ELO student and share reading. It's great for Peer Support teams also.09383175474552003-05-23

El Cucuy

I am a Mexican-American and when I read this book I could not believe it. It was so cute. I teaches children to do the right thing and obey there parents. I think that it is necessary to have books that deal with folktales and legends. This book is a perfect example of a Mexican-American one! I recommend it.<P>So, you've been mouthing off to your parents a bit lately, not listening when they tell you to put your dirty socks in the hamper? They tell you that if you don't shape up they are going to call the bogeyman to come and get you. You laugh. There is no such thing as a bogeyman.</P><P>A sharp knock comes at the door. Nobody is around so you answer. Standing at the door is the oldest man you have ever seen-his back is hunched and one of his ears is big and red. He grabs for your arm and you know now that the bogeyman is for real.</P><P>This particular bogeyman is called el Cucuy (pronounced coo-COO-ee). He comes directly from Mexico. They say with that big red ear that he can hear everything! In this cautionary tale, master storyteller Joe Hayes tells how two girls didn't listen to their father's warnings-just like you-and el Cucuy snatched them up. Of course, the story has a happy ending!</P><P><B>Joe Hayes</B> has become one of America's premier storytellers, traveling around the country to schools, universities and professional conferences to tell stories from the Southwest. His bilingual Spanish-English tellings have earned him a distinctive place among America's storytellers. Hayes lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.</P><P>Illustrator <B>Honorio Robledo</B> grew up in a small village in southwestern Mexico. His art is influenced by the Surrealists but also by the native painters of Veracruz that express through color all the riches of the region. 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WOW

There are few books in the last five years that I did not want to end. This was one of them. It was awarded "1st place - Fiction, novel" in the 2007 Alaska Professional Communicators Communications Contest. Alaska Professional Communicators is the Alaska aff