| Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser Contributor(s): Thompson, Raymond H. (Editor), Zimmt, Werner S. (Translator), Dahlquist, Robert E. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0826354246 ISBN-13: 9780826354242 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - History | Latin America - Mexico - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 266.209 |
| LCCN: 2013038865 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the very last year of the seventeenth century a ten-year-old boy in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, announced to his parents that he wanted to become a Jesuit missionary and save souls in faraway lands. Philipp Segesser got his wish when he was sent to northwestern Mexico in 1731. For the next thirty years he carried on an active correspondence with his family and religious affiliates. His letters home, translated and edited in this fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain. The editor's introduction sets the letters in biographical and historical context. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thompson, Raymond H.: - Raymond H. Thompson is the director emeritus of the Arizona State Museum and Riecker Distinguished Professor emeritus in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. |