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Alone in Mexico
Heller, Karl Bartolomeus. Ed(S): Rugeley, Terry
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Description for Alone in Mexico
Paperback. A memoir of a 20-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, he moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. Editor(s): Rugeley, Terry. Translator(s): Rugeley, Terry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
This book features a young explorer caught in the torments of civil war. This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, Heller moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. When the United States invaded Mexico in 1846-47 conditions became chaotic, and the enterprising botanist ... Read more
This book features a young explorer caught in the torments of civil war. This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, Heller moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. When the United States invaded Mexico in 1846-47 conditions became chaotic, and the enterprising botanist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817354565
SKU
V9780817354565
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About Heller, Karl Bartolomeus. Ed(S): Rugeley, Terry
Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma and author of Yucatan's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War, Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southwest Mexico, 1800-1876, and Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from 19th Century Yucatan.
Reviews for Alone in Mexico
Heller does not only focus on the Maya ruins but also provides unique observations about indigenous society. The editor has done a commendable job translating this book and providing an introduction and annotations that help the reader place the work in its context. - Jurgen Buchenau is the author of In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's ... Read more