LOCKWOOD, FRANK C. — With Padre Kino on the Trail

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations & Charts; This is a trade paperback sized university bulletin. The bulletin is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The bulletin covers have noticeable toning. There is a small tear to the top edge of the front cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The rear cover of the bulletin have penciled notations. The map at the rear of the book is in Very Good- condition, with noticeable toning and one tear to the crease (about 1/1/2 inches long) . "Kino opposed the slavery and compulsory hard labor in the silver mines that the Spaniards forced on the native people. This also caused great controversy among his co-missionaries, many of whom acted according to the laws imposed by Spain on their territory. Kino was also a writer, authoring books on religion, astronomy and cartography. He built missions extending from the present day states of Mexican Sonora, northeast for 150 miles (240 km) , into present-day Arizona, where the San Xavier del Bac mission, near Tucson, a popular National Historic Landmark, is still a functioning Franciscan parish church. Kino constructed nineteen rancherías (villages) , which supplied cattle to new settlements. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .