| Cuentos de Dilia: Tales of a Farming Village Contributor(s): Flores, Daniel B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 151756218X ISBN-13: 9781517562182 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.67 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.93 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cuentos de Dilia, Tales of a Farming Village is about the Guadalupe county community of Dilia. In its glory days, Dilia was located on the historic Route 66. However, in the 1930s, Dilia was bypassed. Dilia eventually saw U. S. Highway 84 pass come into the area on its north-south route through New Mexico. Cuentos de Dilia consists of a series of vignettes, mostly culled from old newspapers about events and people who once lived in the area. Many of them are Spanish-language articles and include an English translation. Some of the articles are about the deaths of some of the leading citizens who once inhabited the area. Others would probably best categorize them as wild and woolly stories. Also included are some everyday news items that help portray life in the rural community. |