La voz de la sangre paisajes y leyendas del distrito de Altar
Letter to Mr. Simmons from Carmela Reyna de Leon
Collection area: Borderlands
Collection dates: circa 1960-1969
Photocopy of typescript compilation of legends and historic accounts, as told to Carmela Reyna de León by her family and friends living in the Altar region of Sonora, Mexico. A few song verses are present. Also included is a photocopied letter, with translation, written by the author to Norman Simons of Tucson, Ariz., dated Oct. 5, 1965. It concerns the possible translation of this volume.
Pages for photographic illustrations of people and places have the descriptive labels, but the images are not present in this copy.
Mexican author who witnessed the Revolution.
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