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The Milagro Beanfield War (Paperback, 1st Owl Books ed)
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The Milagro Beanfield War (Paperback, 1st Owl Books ed)
Series: New Mexico Trilogy, 1
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Joe Mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed
his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched
into the arid patch of ground. Carefully (and also illegally), he
tapped into the main irrigation channel. And so began-though few
knew it at the time-the Milagro beanfield war. But like everything
else in the dirt-poor town of Milagro, it would be a patchwork war,
fought more by tactical retreats than by battlefield victories.
Gradually, the small farmers and sheepmen begin to rally to Joe's
beanfield as the symbol of their lost rights and their lost lands.
And downstate in the capital, the Anglo water barons and power
brokers huddle in urgent conference, intent on destroying that
symbol before it destroys their multimillion-dollar
land-development schemes. The tale of Milagro's rising is wildly
comic and lovingly tender, a vivid portrayal of a town that,
half-stumbling and partly prodded, gropes its way toward its own
stubborn salvation.
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Imprint: |
Holt McDougal
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
New Mexico Trilogy, 1 |
Release date: |
February 2000 |
First published: |
February 2000 |
Authors: |
John Nichols
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Dimensions: |
210 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
456 |
Edition: |
1st Owl Books ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8050-6374-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-8050-6374-9 |
Barcode: |
9780805063745 |
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