River of Traps
by William deBuys, Alex Harris
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New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains are a place where two cultures - Hispanic and Anglo - meet. They're also the place where three men meet: William deBuys, a young writer; Alex Harris, a young photographer; and Jacobo Romero, an old farmer. When Harris and deBuys move to New Mexico in the 1970s, Romero is the neighbor who befriends them and becomes their teacher. With the tools of simple labor - shovel and axe, irony and humor - he shows them how to survive, even flourish, in their show more isolated village. A remarkable look at modern life in the mountains, River of Traps also magically evokes the now-vanished world in which Romero tended flocks on frontier ranges and absorbed the values of a society untouched by cash or Anglo America. His memories and wisdom, shared without sentimentality, permeate this absorbing story of three men and the place that forever shaped their lives. show lessTags
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William deBuys is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures. He lives in northern New Mexico.
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- Canonical title
- River of Traps
- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- Jacob Romero; William DeBuys (b. 1949); Alex Harris (b. 1949)
- Important places
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, USA (Colorado and New Mexico); New Mexico, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (1990): River of traps : a village life / William deBuys and Alex Harris: Reissued in 2007 with new subtitle: ... (show all)7027441" rel="nofollow" target="_new">River of traps : a New Mexico mountain life / William deBuys and Alex Harris.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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