The Milagro Beanfield War: A Novel by Nichols, John - 1994

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1994. Book. Illus. by Templeton, Rini. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green remainder mark to top edge, minor shelf rubbing to the jacket edges, small tear to the jacket front top edge, very little wear overall. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. Text is clean. The author's third novel. 'It was a soft, early spring morning with the mist still clinging to the mountains and the blackbirds just starting to swoop low over the alfalfa fields when Joe Mondragon - thirty-six with not much to show for it, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble - slammed his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of ground his father had once cultivated. Carefully, if impulsively (and also illegally), he tapped into the main irrigation channel. And so began - though few knew it at the time (least of all Joe) - the great Milagro beanfield war.' 456 pages. Facsimile Anniversary Edition - 1994..