A Yaqui Life: The Personal Chronicle of a Yaqui Indian [The Tall Candle: The Personal Chronicle of a Yaqui Indian]

lviii, 251 pp. Originally published as The Tall Candle: The Personal Chronicle of a Yaqui Indian. This edition includes an introduction by Jane Holden Kelly, map, fold-out genealogical table, and black-and-white photographs. "The reminiscences of a Yaqui Indian born in 1896 in northwestern Mexico whose story begins during the Yaqui revolutionary period, continues through the last uprising in 1926, and ends with [his] recollections of his life on a Texas farm from 1952 to 1969. The introduction by Professor Kelley adds scholarly analysis to the poignant autobiographical narrative." - Booklist