Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 2003. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; slight bumping of tips on front board at top and bottom; bumping of spine covering at head and heel from shelving. DJ: Near Fine; slight bumping to edges at top and bottom. Green boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine sn fish on front board. 392 pp. the author's memoir is an eye-opening celebration of working-class Mexico, seen from the inside, a brilliant examination of what Mexico means to an American and what America means to the extended family of Mexicans who surround and protect him. This is narrative anthropology at its best. A clean and very presentable copy.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003292
Title: The Guaymas Chronicles; La Mandadera
Author: David E. Stuart
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0826331882
ISBN 13: 9780826331885
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Place of Publication: Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 2003
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: narrative anthropology, Mexico, Northwest Mexico, mexican people, Ecuador, field work, Guaymas, El Guero, la movida, anthropology, anthropologist, David Stuart, contraband, smuggling, bribes, mandadera, street wise, life in Mexico
Bookseller catalogs: Memoirs; New Mexico Related; Latin America;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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