Beloved land
Subtitle: an oral history of Mexican Americans in southern Arizona
By: collected and edited by Patricia Preciado Martin ; with photographs by José Galvez.
Contributors: Martin, Patricia Preciado.; Galvez, José, 1949-
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Biography.; Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Pictorial works.; Ranchers -- Arizona -- Biography.; Ranchers -- Arizona -- Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Social life and customs.; Mexican American families -- Arizona -- History.; Ranch life -- Arizona -- History.; Oral history.; Arizona -- Social life and customs.; Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Biography.; Pictorial works.
Description: "Dona Ramona Benitez Franco was born in 1902 on her parents' Arizona ranch and celebrated her hundredth birthday with family and friends in 2002, still living in her family's century-old adobe house. Dona Ramona witnessed many changes in the intervening years, but her memories of the land and customs she knew as a child are indelible."

"Through oral histories and an array of historic and contemporary photos, Beloved Land records a way of life that has contributed so much to the region. Individuals like Dona Ramona tell stories about rural life, farming, ranching, and vaquero culture that enrich our knowledge of settlement, culinary practices, religious traditions, arts, and education of Hispanic settlers of Arizona. They talk frankly about how the land changed hands - not always by legal means - and tell how they feel about modern society and the disappearance of the rural lifestyle."--Jacket.