Peregrina : love and death in Mexico / Alma M. Reed ; edited and with an introduction by Michael K. Schuessler ; foreword by Elena Poniatowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Alma M.

Contributor:

Schuessler, Michael Karl.

Series:

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reed, Alma M.

Carrillo Puerto, Felipe, 1874?-1924.

Carrillo Puerto, Felipe.

Carrillo Puerto, Felipe, 1874?-1924--Relations with women.

Relations with women.

Journalists.

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History--20th century.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Journalists--Mexico.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

Summary:

Alma Reed recovered from her tragic romance to lead a long, successful life. She eventually returned to Mexico, where her work in journalism, archaeology, and art earned her entry into the Orden del Aguila Azteca (Order of the Aztec Eagle). Her time with Carrillo Puerto, however, was the most intense of her life, and when she was encouraged (by Hollywood, especially) to write her autobiography, she began with that special period. Her manuscript, which disappeared immediately after her sudden death in 1966, mingled her legendary love affair with a biography of Carrillo Puerto and the political history of the Yucat?n. As such, it has long been sought by scholars as well as romantics. In 2001, historian Michael Schuessler discovered the manuscript in an abandoned apartment in Mexico City. An absolutely compelling memoir, Peregrina restores Reed's place in Mexican history in her own words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-329) and index.

ISBN:

9780292702394

0292702396

OCLC:

70668771

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