People Of The Valley
by Frank Waters
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One of Frank Waters's most popular novels, People of the Valley takes place high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains where an isolated Spanish-speaking people confront a threatening world of change.Tags
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I learned about Frank Waters while I was visiting New Mexico. I stayed at the Frank Waters room at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, and I was curious to find out more about this New Mexican author. I visited the Taos Book Gallery and found this fiction book along with a nonfiction book by Waters. I read both this book and his other book during my travels in New Mexico, registered both of them at BookCrossing, and released them.
People of the Valley is a wise story of a woman, Dona Maria of the Valley. She grew up as a part of the natural world and gradually came to know the wider world. As she learned about both worlds, her people came to see her as a leader, and sought her advice.
People of the Valley is a wise story of a woman, Dona Maria of the Valley. She grew up as a part of the natural world and gradually came to know the wider world. As she learned about both worlds, her people came to see her as a leader, and sought her advice.
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Frank Waters was born in July 1902 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is an author of novels and historical works about the American Southwest. His first novel after college was entitled Fever Pitch (1930). He then wrote a series of autobiographical novels beginning with The Wild Earth's Nobility (1935). In 1936, Waters left L.A. and moved back and show more forth between Colorado and New Mexico, continuing to write and completing a biography of W. S. Stratton, Midas of the Rockies. When World War II broke out, Waters moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. There, he performed the duties of a propaganda analyst and chief content officer. Waters' masterpiece, The Man Who Killed the Deer, was published in 1942. In 1953, Waters was awarded the Taos Artists Award for Notable Achievement in the Art of Writing. Waters also held positions as information consultant for Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico. He established the Frank Waters Foundation in 1993 which is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting the arts, specifically those in the spirit of the creativity of Frank Waters. The members of the FWF operate under the motto "Sheltering the creative spirit", by providing a retreat for artists to live and work among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Frank Waters died at his home in Arroyo Seco on June 3, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1941
- People/Characters
- Maria del Valle
- Important places
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- First words
- To three races and four generations, through all its many names, it has been known simply as the beautiful blue valley.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
