People of the Valley

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Swallow Press, 1969 - Fiction - 201 pages
"A regional novel, with a warmer quality and more sympathetic handling than its predecessor. Dust Within the Rock (Liveright). A novel of the Southwest, of a valley of New Mexico, before the water control projects disrupted the lives in a remote valley. The life of Dona Maria, born to a lowly life as goat girl, but destined to reflect the life of the valley and the hills. She lived with a gringo soldier and bore his child; then with a Mexican, who ultimately died during the flagellant ritual of the Penitentes. She was the most successful grower, the sharpest trader in the valley, and she tried to hold the valley for her people, when the government wanted to put through a dam and was forcing eviction. There she stayed, alone, to die. A lyrical tale, with the feel of the land and the people."--Kirkus

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Section 2
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Section 3
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About the author (1969)

Frank Waters was born in July 1902 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is an author of novels and historical works about the American Southwest. His first novel after college was entitled Fever Pitch (1930). He then wrote a series of autobiographical novels beginning with The Wild Earth's Nobility (1935). In 1936, Waters left L.A. and moved back and forth between Colorado and New Mexico, continuing to write and completing a biography of W. S. Stratton, Midas of the Rockies. When World War II broke out, Waters moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. There, he performed the duties of a propaganda analyst and chief content officer. Waters' masterpiece, The Man Who Killed the Deer, was published in 1942. In 1953, Waters was awarded the Taos Artists Award for Notable Achievement in the Art of Writing. Waters also held positions as information consultant for Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico. He established the Frank Waters Foundation in 1993 which is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting the arts, specifically those in the spirit of the creativity of Frank Waters. The members of the FWF operate under the motto "Sheltering the creative spirit", by providing a retreat for artists to live and work among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Frank Waters died at his home in Arroyo Seco on June 3, 1995.

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