In the very last year of the seventeenth century a ten-year-old
boy in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, announced to his parents
that he wanted to become a Jesuit missionary and save souls in
faraway lands. Philipp Segesser got his wish when he was sent to
northwestern Mexico in 1731. For the next thirty years he carried
on an active correspondence with his family and religious
affiliates. His letters home, translated and edited in this
fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary
life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain. The editor's
introduction sets the letters in biographical and historical
context.
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