CARRIZO - Portrait of a New Mexican Family: José Porfirio Abeyta and Carmen Sabina Sandoval - 1889 - 1991 - Paperback
CARRIZO - Portrait of a New Mexican Family: José Porfirio Abeyta and Carmen Sabina Sandoval - 1889 - 1991 - Paperback
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by Victor a. Abeyta (Author)
The book takes it name from Carrizo Canyon, New Mexico, the place where the Abeyta family homesteaded in 1920. The book portrays the life of a Hispanic family in New Mexico whose ancestors first came to New Mexico from Spain in the mid-eighteenth century. The portrayal sheds light on the lives of an isolated New Mexican community in a harsh and unforgiving land.
Author Biography
The author was born on his parents' homestead in Carrizo, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, in 1937. The youngest of eight children, he completed his university studies at the university of New Mexico in 1968. He entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 1969. He retired in 2002 after over 30 years of service.
