Mayordomo

Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico

Published by UNM Press
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About The Book

Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.

About The Author

Stanley Crawford was a New Mexico garlic farmer, the owner since 1970 of El Bosque farm in Dixon, New Mexico, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico, winner of the Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, and A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (May 1, 1988)
  • Length: 248 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826325914

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