The Working Life of an Hispano Patriarch, 1890-1976

The Working Life of an Hispano Patriarch, 1890 - 1976, is a rare glimpse into the life of a courageous human being who confronted every manner of calamity and personal challenge without flinching. His life spanned the end of New Mexico's territorial period and the first several decades of statehood. At age seven, he began to journey out from his farming community of Chimayó, NM into the illimitable spaces of the American Southwest in an effort to earn a living in a society progressively bei...