The Magic Journey - Paperback
by John Nichols
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Availability:In StockContributor:John NicholsSeries:New Mexico TrilogyPublish date:2000-02-15Pages:528
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holt PaperbacksISBN-13:9780805063394ISBN-10:805063390UPC:9780805063394Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Nature & the EnvironmentSize:8.54 x 5.52 x 1.38 inchesWeight:1.48Product ID:SCRMB46R5H
Spanning forty years, the second book in John Nichols's New Mexico trilogy, The Magic Journey, tells the tale of how relentless progress transformed a rural backwater into a boomtown.
Boom times came to the forgotten little southwestern town of Chamisaville just as the rest of America was in the Great Depression. They came when a rattletrap bus loaded with stolen dynamite blew sky-high, leaving behind a giant gushing hot spring. Within minutes, the town's wheeler-dealers had organized, and within a year, Chamisaville was flooded with tourists and pilgrims, and the wheeler-dealers were rich. At first, it was a magic time for Chamisaville--almost as if every day were a holiday. But the euphoria gradually dissipated, and the land-hungry developers, speculators, and interlopers moved in. Finally, the day came when Chamisaville's people found themselves all but displaced, their children no longer heirs to their land or their tradition. With mounting intensity, The Magic Journey reaches a climax that is tragically foreordained. A sensitive, vital, and honest chronicle of life in America's Southwest, it is also an incisive commentary on what America has become on its road to progress. The Magic Journey is part of John Nichols's New Mexico trilogy, which includes The Milagro Beanfield War and The Nirvana Blues.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holt PaperbacksISBN-13:9780805063394ISBN-10:805063390UPC:9780805063394Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Nature & the EnvironmentSize:8.54 x 5.52 x 1.38 inchesWeight:1.48Product ID:SCRMB46R5H
John Nichols (1940-2023) was the acclaimed author of the New Mexico trilogy. Beginning with the publication of The Milagro Beanfield War, which was adapted into a film by Robert Redford, the series of novels grew from regional stature to national appeal, from literary radicals to cult classics. Beloved for his compassionate, richly comic vision and admired for his insight into the cancer that accompanies unbridled progress, Nichols was also the author of a dozen novels and several works of nonfiction. He lived in northern New Mexico.
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