The Milagro Beanfield War
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The Milagro Beanfield War

by John Treadwell Nichols

1974•Comedy•464 pages

Taste attributes: comedydramahistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticemotive & stirringunderdog triumphssocial commentaryfool triumphant

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Boxlist takeGrounded and heavy: an original comic novel. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Joe Mondragon, thirty-six, is a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, who slammed his battered pickup to a stop one day, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into an arid patch of ground. Then, illegally, he tapped into the main irrigation channel. And so began John Nichols' classic tale of the little guy against the big guy -- THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDramaHistoricalUnderdog triumphsSocial commentaryFool triumphant

Subjects

Water rightsMexican AmericansNew mexicoWater rights in literature

Details

Author
John Treadwell Nichols
Published
1974
Pages
464
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