“Half a century after the release of the film, Jeff Biggers brings home the true treasure of the Sierra Madre: its stories. Biggers weaves a tapestry of intertwined tales that sheds light on this little-known region. Warm-hearted and compassionate, these stories bring to life the Raramuri.”
Michael Shapiro, author of A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk about Their ... Read moreCraft, Lives, and Inspiration   “Once every generation a book comes along that captures the stunning terrain and hidden life of Mexico’s remote western Sierra Madre. In the Sierra Madre is that book for this generation. Jeff Biggers has seen the strange and remarkable that the rest of us can only imagine.”
Tom Miller, author of The Panama Hat Trail and On the Border   "Jeff Biggers has the keenest eye in the business, and he has a fine, luminous voice to tell you what he has seen. This is a welcome addition to western and Mexican letters. Biggers manages to write like a poet, a historian, a naturalist, and an adventurer. His pages are burnished and alive, and I admire his work. You need to read this one soon."
Luis Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway "An astonishing sojourn into a remote region."
Booklist "In the Sierra Madre introduces us to a host of idiosyncratic customs, numerous unforgettable characters, and situations that only a traveler of this ilk could manage. Biggers is the quintessential observer, with the eye and voice of a poet."
San Antonio Express-News "Award-winning writer Jeff Biggers'. . . . new book In the Sierra Madre is a worthy addition to that shelf of books on the Mother Mountains of Sonora and Chihuahua. . . . In the Sierra Madre tells the story of becoming part of a new and different place, if only for a short while, and what can be learned about not only other people, but yourself, if you strip away most of the trappings of the so-called modern world and focus on what's really important: work, friends, music, a little beer not and then, and a connection to a landscape as it was before technology took over. . . . In the Sierra Madre is a sweet and perceptive book, filled with empathy, respect and kindness."
Tucson Weekly "Jeff Biggers, as demonstrated here, is a journalist of considerable talent."
Journal of Arizona History "An interesting and informative look at one of Mexico's last untouched regions."
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