MS 088
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Gillmor, Frances, 1903-1993. |
| Collection Name: | The Flute of the Smoking Mirror |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1949-1968 |
| Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Original typescript of The Flute of the Smoking Mirror by Frances Gillmor, with holographic corrections and notes. This historical novel relates the social customs of the Aztec people in the area of Lake Texcoco, and the biography of their fifteenth century king, Nezahualcoyotl. |
| Collection Number: | MS 088 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
English professor and folklorist, University of Arizona.
Original typescript of The Flute of the Smoking Mirror by Frances Gillmor, with holographic corrections and notes. This historical novel relates the social customs of the Aztec people in the area of Lake Texcoco, and the biography of their fifteenth century king, Nezahualcoyotl. His life story from birth to death is related, as are his many contributions as an engineer, codifier of Aztec law, and founder of a commission of arts and letters.
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Published in 1949 by the New Mexico Press as The Flute of the Smoking Mirror: A Portrait of Nezahualcoyotl, Poet-King of the Aztecs. Later published in 1968 by the University of Arizona Press.
The Flute of the Smoking Mirror (MS 088). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, 1967.
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