Biggers, Jeff

In the Sierra Madre / Jeff Biggers - Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press , 2006 - 184 p. ; 24 cm

Lost and found in the Sierra Madre -- The revenge of the Tarahumara -- A devilish sort of thing -- The treasure we long for.

In the Sierra Madre is a groundbreaking and extraordinary memoir that chronicles the history of one of the most famous, yet unknown, regions in the world. Based on his one-year sojourn in a remote village among the Raramuri/Tarahumara in Mexico's renowned Copper Canyon, award-winning journalist Jeff Biggers offers a rare look into one of the most resilient indigenous cultures in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the parade of argonauts and accidental travellers that has journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries.


English

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Tarahumara Indians---History
Folklore
Social life and customs

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