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Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico

by Stanley Crawford · 1988

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Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the authors experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.

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medium · 248 pages

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