Compare The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Author John Nichols is responsible for one of the most acclaimed trilogies of modern literature. The New Mexico Trilogy offers profound insights into the ills of so-called progress. The first book of the trilogy, The Milagro Beanfield War tells the story of Joe, a man who decides to tap into the irrigation channel of wealthy water barons. The poor and deprived villagers of Milagro begin to rally behind Joe in his quest to take back that which was so unjustly taken from the them: land and freedom. Nichols tells this wonderfully poignant story both with extraordinary humor and heartfelt compassion. | The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols, Paperback | Indigo Chapters