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The Land of My Fathers, A Son's Return to the Basque Country

The Land of My Fathers, A Son's Return to the Basque Country

by Robert Laxalt  •  Joyce Laxalt (Photographer)

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 136 PAGES

A portrait of the Basque culture and people, as seen through the eyes of Nevada writer Robert Laxalt, who traveled through the land of his ancestors in the 60s. This book, based on Laxalt's journals and complemented by his wife's photographs, captures the folkways of village life in mid-20th century French Pyrenees.  (FRN162, $21.00)


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