The Autobiography of a Yaqui Poet

By Refugio Savala

Book Overview

This is the major literary achievement of a sensitive, gifted man. The author is a Yaqui Indian, a railroad gandy dancer who sees beauty in iron spikes and rail clamps as well as in twilight-purple mountains and glossy-leafed cottonwood trees. In the seventy years following his flight from the Yaqui-Mexican wars in Sonora, Savala became a talented poet and loving recorder of his people's cultural heritage. A large sampling of his original works appears in the interpretations section of this book. Together with the beautifully written autobiography, they offer a unique view of Arizona Yaqui culture and history, railroading in the American West, and the personal and artistic growth of a Native American man of letters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816506280
• ISBN13: 9780816506286
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"