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From the Paperback edition.]]> 1974 5 3 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sun Dec 30 12:31:07 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 16:21:38 -0800 2007 The Milagro Beanfield War, the one-armed Onofre Martinez, drunkenly reflecting upon the flawed sort of angels that must protect the small town of Milagro, observes: "This place just reeks of crippled glory"(425). There could be no better epithet for this brilliant nove...more...]]> 319514 31578 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 771 1974 5 2 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Mon Mar 19 08:42:41 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:46:46 -0800 2009
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This book is rich in character and characters. It's obvious Nichols wrote this from real experience in the southwest, specifically New Mexico. That's not to say the book is a literal depiction. Quite the ...more...]]> 49554469 1839249 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 1 false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:00:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 20:33:22 -0700 2009 Que Viva Snuffy Ledoux!

I read this book 35 years ago for the first time when I was fifteen years old. It remains one of my all time favorites. After re-reading - because one of my friends told me I reminded him of Amarante Cordova - and because I always considered myself to be more of ...more...]]> 30268611 1336647 3087283 0345332156 9780345332158 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822m/3087283.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822s/3087283.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3087283.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War 4.08 60
"John Nichols has all of Steinbeck's gifts, the same overwhelming compassion for people, plus an even finer sense of humor, and the need to celebrate the cause and dignity of man.. .he has left us with a classic American trilogy for our time."
--Chicago Tribune

"Insight, compassion, and consummate skill... as close as any yet to the sense of wonder and joyful insouciance of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.. .very entertaining reading."
--San Francisco City Magazine

"Gentle, funny, transcendent."
--The New York Times Book Review]]> 1974 5 0 false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 17:48:02 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 18:14:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22305977 816373 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 4 0 false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 11:00:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 13:51:07 -0700 2008 It all takes p...more...]]> 3067099 181682 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 07:14:53 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 02:28:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 15333534 224275 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 2 0 false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 13 10:25:17 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 10 13:18:40 -0700 2009 1
Frankly, it was an effor...more...]]> 79358414 2436355 3087283 0345332156 9780345332158 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822m/3087283.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822s/3087283.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3087283.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War 4.04 860
"John Nichols has all of Steinbeck's gifts, the same overwhelming compassion for people, plus an even finer sense of humor, and the need to celebrate the cause and dignity of man.. .he has left us with a classic American trilogy for our time."
--Chicago Tribune

"Insight, compassion, and consummate skill... as close as any yet to the sense of wonder and joyful insouciance of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.. .very entertaining reading."
--San Francisco City Magazine

"Gentle, funny, transcendent."
--The New York Times Book Review]]> 1974 5 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 19:44:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 19:51:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 51064941 1879149 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 0 false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 14:29:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 14:32:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43839951 1399297 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 0 false Wed Jan 21 13:00:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 16:06:54 -0800 2009
Whether it's illustrating with lyrical perfection an old man wielding a much too large firearm or hinting at deeper questions, Nichols kept me reading intently throughout this novel. I had plenty of hearty laughs turning the pages of this one. Whimsical characters ...more...]]> 37863253 1712764 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Sun Nov 16 09:25:37 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 17:46:41 -0800 2008 5
Number one in the New Mexico Trilogy. Superb reading and funny as hell. Character development that is absolutely unique. Funny, moving, sensitive and educational. A real story of the plight of poor Northern New Mexican natives as the face th...more...]]> 11709422 735832 39242 0805063749 9780805063745 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353m/39242.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169281353s/39242.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39242.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War_A_Novel 4.04 860 1974 5 0 false Sat Jan 05 09:44:25 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 06 10:29:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72203779 2730085 3087283 0345332156 9780345332158 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822m/3087283.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208600822s/3087283.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3087283.The_Milagro_Beanfield_War 4.04 860
"John Nichols has all of Steinbeck's gifts, the same overwhelming compassion for people, plus an even finer sense of humor, and the need to celebrate the cause and dignity of man.. .he has left us with a classic American trilogy for our time."
--Chicago Tribune

"Insight, compassion, and consummate skill... as close as any yet to the sense of wonder and joyful insouciance of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.. .very entertaining reading."
--San Francisco City Magazine

"Gentle, funny, transcendent."
--The New York Times Book Review]]> 1974 2 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Sep 22 23:18:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 23:22:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=39242