Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico

by Stanley Crawford

Overview

Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826325914
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	05/01/1988
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Stanley Crawford was a New Mexico garlic farmer, the owner since 1970 of El Bosque farm in Dixon, New Mexico, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico, winner of the Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, and A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm.

Editorial Reviews

A fabulous book.—Cath Hassell, ech2o

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