Sonora

An Intimate Geography

By: David Yetman

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Paperback | 1 November 1999

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278 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 1.6

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Now available in paperback, this informal account of the people, culture, land, and history of Sonora, Mexico, describes blistering deserts, alpine mountains, tropical river valleys, and arid coastlines, and relates the lives and stories of cattlemen, lumbermen, fishermen, weavers, cobblers, musicians, bootleggers, and Indians. The author's curiosity extends to the weaving of Nácori hats, the distillation of fiery bacanora, and the utility of the tegua, the Sonoran cowboy boot. Sonora is also a record of painful twentieth-century change of human dislocation from rural villages to industrial cities and the relentless destruction of Sonoran forests, jungles, deserts, and rivers. A regular visitor for over thirty years, the author provides a colorful portrait of the Sonora of the past, present, and future.

Industry Reviews

"This is a highly personal, readable, and charming book about one of Mexico's largest states....Students and specialists of the region will certainly want to use Yetman's Sonora". -- Journal of Geography

"A joyous and enlightening book by a gringo who obviously loves the subject". -- Books of the Southwest

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