May Members’ Book Club

FOR MUSEUM MEMBERS ONLY!
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Join us to read, learn, and discuss the history of the Southwest!

May's book is The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols.

The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1974 novel by John Nichols, the first in his New Mexico Trilogy, about a small, impoverished New Mexican town’s struggle against a wealthy developer’s plans for a luxury resort, sparked by a local’s illegal irrigation of a beanfield. The story is a comedic and poignant tale of the “little guy” versus big business, exploring themes of land, water rights, and cultural preservation.