The Autobiography of a Yaqui Poet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780816506286)

This is the major literary achievement of a sensitive, gifted man. The author is a Yaqui Indian, a railroad gandy dancer who sees beauty in iron spikes and rail clamps as well as in twilight-purple mountains and glossy-leafed cottonwood trees. In the seventy years following his flight from the Yaqui-Mexican wars in Sonora, Savala became a talented poet and loving recorder of his people's cultural heritage. A large sampling of his original works appears in the interpretations section of this book. Together with the beautifully written autobiography, they offer a unique view of Arizona Yaqui culture and history, railroading in the American West, and the personal and artistic growth of a Native American man of letters.

Author: Refugio Savala
ISBN-10: 0816506280
ISBN-13: 9780816506286
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1980
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.55w x 0.64d