La voz de la sangre paisajes y leyendas del distrito de Altar

MS 069

Collection area: Borderlands

Collection dates: circa 1960-1969

About this collection

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.

Historical background

Mexican author who witnessed the Revolution.

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