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Peregrina : love and death in Mexico

A memoir that restores Alma Reed's place in Mexican history. It mingles her love affair with a biography of Carrillo Puerto and the political history of the Yucatan.
Print Book, English, 2007
University of Texas, Austin, 2007
xii, 347 p. : il.
9780292702394, 0292702396
427497431
* Foreword, by Elena Poniatowska * Acknowledgments * Introduction * Selected Bibliography *Peregrina, by Alma M. Reed * Author's Foreword * Outline of Book *1. Yucatan Assignment *2. Southward *3. Antillean Interlude *4. Caribbean Reflections *5. The Road to Kanasin *6. Ultima Thule *7. Uxmal: "The Thrice Rebuilt" *8. Land and Liberty *9. Motul *10. Conflicts and Amenities *11. City of the Learned Itzaes *12. Ritmos del Mayab *13. Well of Sacrifice *14. The Arena *15. Flowers of Stone *16. Civil Liberties *17. Social Justice *18. Homeward Journey *19. Mexican Crusade in Manhattan *20. Platonic Love *21. Foreboding Moments *22. Martyrdom and Infamy *23. Never Forgotten * Notes * Index