Sonora Moonlight |
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| Author:
| Weinberg, Florence Byham |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60619-114-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Twilight Times Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Sonora, 1761-62: Father Ygnacio Pfefferkorn, SJ, suffering from acute malaria, is transferred to a new mission, Guevavi in present-day Arizona. Healed by a Pima medicine man: Jevho, and his half-Pima, half-Irish nurse-assistant Patricia O'Meara, he becomes obsessed with converting Jevho to Christianity. A grisly murder is blamed on "Indians." Suspects abound in the small Irish ranching community and among Jevho's people. Patricia, in love with both the priest and Jevho, must choose...
More DescriptionSonora, 1761-62: Father Ygnacio Pfefferkorn, SJ, suffering from acute malaria, is transferred to a new mission, Guevavi in present-day Arizona. Healed by a Pima medicine man: Jevho, and his half-Pima, half-Irish nurse-assistant Patricia O'Meara, he becomes obsessed with converting Jevho to Christianity. A grisly murder is blamed on "Indians." Suspects abound in the small Irish ranching community and among Jevho's people. Patricia, in love with both the priest and Jevho, must choose between cultures, native or European. Meanwhile, Ygnacio builds up the mission but fails to recognize Jevho's influence drawing the people back to their native practices.