The Mexican earth
By: Todd Downing ; with illustrations by Howard Willard ; foreword by Wolfgang Hochbruck.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: American Indian literature and critical studies series ;; v. 20
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Downing, Todd, 1902-1974.; Indians of Mexico.; Mexico -- History.; Mexico -- Description and travel.
Description: After extensive excursions in Mexico, Todd Downing came to see Mexican history from the perspective of the land and its native people. A Choctaw Indian himself, he identified with the Indios, and in The Mexican Earth he narrates - within the frame of a travelogue - Mexican history from an indigenous point of view.

Along with historical highlights - the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest, the first struggles for liberty and Maximilian's empire, and the revolutions and strife of the early twentieth century - Downing presents the folklore and anecdotes of the people, and of their gods and heroes, that reveal the color, depth, and variety of Mexican life.

This second edition includes a new bibliography, an extensive index, and a foreword, in which Wolfgang Hochbruck explores Downing's life and works within the context of Native American writing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-340) and index.
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. With new foreword.