A stunning history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in Mexico's Copper Canyon Based on his one-year sojourn in Copper Canyon among the Raramuri/Tarahumara, award-winning journalist Jeff Biggers offers a rare look into the ways of the most resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the fascinating parade of argonauts and accidental travelers who have journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries. From African explorers, Bohemian friars, Confederate and Irish ...
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A stunning history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in Mexico's Copper Canyon Based on his one-year sojourn in Copper Canyon among the Raramuri/Tarahumara, award-winning journalist Jeff Biggers offers a rare look into the ways of the most resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the fascinating parade of argonauts and accidental travelers who have journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries. From African explorers, Bohemian friars, Confederate and Irish war deserters, French poets, Boer and Russian commandos, Apache and Mennonite communities, bewildered archaeologists, addled writers, and legendary characters including Antonin Artaud, Henry Flipper, B. Traven, Sergei Eisenstein, George Patton, Geronimo, and Pancho Villa, Biggers uncovers the remarkable treasures of the Sierra Madre.
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Mr. Biggers gives an excellent account of life among the Raramuri in Copper Canyon. The relaxing simplicity of this life contrasts with the daily hardships. As I read I found myself wishing I had been born and raised among the Raramuri as now I am much too accustomed to modern conveniences to adapt to a more basic existence. But as they say, you don't miss what you never had, and I envy the Raramuri their closeness with the land.