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"Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, a descendant of the conquistador Cabeza de Baca, tells about her life growing up in New Mexico's Llano Estacado (Staked Plains). Her mother died when she was young, so she spent some time living at her father's parents' place in Las Vegas, NM, and some of the summer at her father's ranch on the Llano. There's some really great description of the Llano, people of the New Mexican part of the Llano, and some tales of NM, including mention of Billy the Kid (someone she knows told her about their experience with him), and a section on Vincente Silva, a New Mexican bandido (bandit) and tales of his terrorizing Northern NM just before the turn of the century. She tells about Americanos (white Americans) coming into NM Territory, plowing the land, and ruining it for pasturage, the terrible drought of 1918, and other mesmerizing stories. Some of her own life is mixed in as well, though it's mostly a tale about old time New Mexico."
Ann, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Hispanic/Spanish
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
ethnic of society (outside)
- American (southwest)
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latinic
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Century:
- 1900-1920's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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