SAINTS OF THE SOUTHWEST

Griffith, Jim

ISBN 10: 0970075014 / ISBN 13: 9780970075017

Published by Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson AZ, 2000

About this Item

First edition, 2nd printing. SIGNED by author on half title page. 62pp. "Over 50 inspired photographs." Fine illustrated boards, blue spine, whote lettra. Matching jacket good, but back of jacket is stuck to book, front is a bit puckered. All intact. "An intimate look at 31 of the most revered saints of the borderlends of he United States and Mexico, re[presentations of which can be found in the holiest and most humble of places.Learn why distraught mothers stop to pray for their wayward children at a shrine to Santa Rita along .Santa Cruz River, and why pilgrims to the Holy Child of Atocha shrine. often leave behind tiny pairs of shoes." Photo on cover and jacket ids of San Jose in the west transept of Mission San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson Arizona.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SAINTS OF THE SOUTHWEST
• Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson AZ
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970075014
• ISBN 13: 9780970075017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Regional-Southwest
  • First edition

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Synopsis

Saints of the Southwest provides an intimate look at thirty of the most revered saints of the Southwest, photographed in both the holiest and most humble of places: an archbishop's private chapel, a roadside shrine, a church of miracles, the wall of a video store. Author Jim Griffith, long-time chronicler of the West's unique cultural and spiritual heritage, is recognized as one of the foremost folklorists in the United States. He offers a brief biography of each saint and describes why each is particularly significant to the faithful of this diverse region. Learn why distraught mothers stop to pray at a shrine to Santa Rita along southern Arizona's Santa Cruz River, and why stroke victims and arthritis sufferers make pilgrimages to the Holy Child of Atocha at Chimayo in northern New Mexico. Saints of the Southwest will touch the hearts of all seekers who find personal inspiration and affirmation in the greater Southwest. Photographs by Griffith and others accompany illustrations from devotional memorabilia and indigenous religious folk art.