Chavez - A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico, Facsimile of 1989 Edition (Paperback)

He has been called a renaissance man and New Mexico's foremost twentieth-century humanist by biographer Ellen McCracken. Any way you measure his career, Fray Angelico Chavez was an unexpected phenomenon in the wide and sunlit land of the American Southwest. In the decades following his ordination as a Franciscan priest in 1937, Chavez performed the difficult duties of an isolated backcountry pastor. His assignments included Hispanic villages and Indian pueblos. As an army chaplain in World War II, he accompanied troops in bloody landings on Pacific islands, claiming afterwards that because of his small stature, Japanese bullets always missed him. In time, despite heavy clerical duties, Fray Angelico managed to become an author of note, as well as something of an artist and muralist. Upon all of his endeavors, one finds, understandably, the imprint of his religious perspective. During nearly seventy years of writing, he published almost two dozen books. Among them were novels, essays, poetry, biographies, and histories. All true aficionado's of the American Southwest's history and culture will profit by collecting and reading the significant body of work left to us by the remarkable Fray Ange1ico Chavez. Sunstone Press is now bringing back into print some of these rare titles.

General

Imprint:	Sunstone Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Southwest Heritage
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Fray Angelico Chavez • Angelico Chavez
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-86534-653-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-86534-653-4
Barcode:	9780865346536

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!