Author Description

Morris B. Parker's colorful reminiscences as a mining engineer in the rough, frontier Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua at the turn of the century provide an engrossing story. For 37 years Parker witnesses the drama of day-to-day life and death in Sonoran mining camps. He describes in his memoirs wht it was like to ride in a stagecoach pulled by 13 small mules over the treacherous Sierra Madre, his encounters with such historical figures as Pancho Villa, and his capture by Yaqui Indians. Parker's sharp wit and use of crisp language reveal the times, people and places of a truly golden age for Americans in Mexico.