num_pages: 243
description: Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.
language: English
title: Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
titlecomplete: Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
genres: Nature, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 134
publisher: University of New Mexico Press