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The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera - Stuart, David E
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This memoir of a young gringo's assimilation into the exotic street life of a bustling port on Mexico's Sea of Cortez is an eye-opening account of the area's working-class life. After months of anthropological field work in late 1960s Ecuador, David Stuart returns to Guaymas with broken bones and a broken heart, finding comfort in the cafes and night-spots along the waterfront. There he reveals his failings to people whose lingua franca is the simple wisdom of listening and understanding. The loyal barmen and taxi drivers ...

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The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera 2006, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM

ISBN-13: 9780826331892

Trade paperback

The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera 2004, University of New Mexico Press

ISBN-13: 9780826331885

Hardcover