{"product_id":"sabinos-map-life-in-chimays-old-plaza-thirtieth-anniversary-edition-9780890136874","title":"Sabino's Map: Life in Chimay?'s Old Plaza, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition","description":"Chimay? is renowned for its Hispano master weaving families, lowriders, and its storied church, El Santurio de Chimay?. The old Plaza del Cerro had once been the village's center place, where locals gathered to pick up mail, socialize and celebrate religious and family events. Over the years after WWII, the plaza was neglected, but the memory of the once-vibrant place remained vivid in the stories of village elders. \u003cbr\u003e The first edition of \u003ci\u003eSabino's Map\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1995, documented oral histories of these elders. It would prove to be a critical turning point for many Chimayosos. At the Chimay? book launch, Usner recalls locals embraced the book, one cousin of his even declaring, \"For the first time in my life I feel like I can be proud to be from Chimay?.\" In the past thirty years since its publication, the community and its people have been revitalized with the help of the Chimay? Cultural Preservation Association and the establishment of a museum on the old plaza--in the home of Usner's ancestors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This landmark publication, read and passed on through generations, is considered a classic of New Mexico literature, alongside other treasured books including John Nichols's \u003ci\u003eMilagro Beanfield War\u003c\/i\u003e, Rudolfo Anaya's \u003ci\u003eBless Me Ultima, \u003c\/i\u003e and Ruben Cobos's \u003ci\u003eDictionary of New Mexico and Northern New Mexico Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon J. Usner was born in Embudo and raised in Los Alamos and Chimay?. A cultural historian, writer, and photographer, he has authored and contributed to numerous books on New Mexico, including \u003ci\u003eBenigna's Chimay? Cuentos from the Old Plaza, Chasing Dichos through Chimay?, Valles Caldera: A New Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve \u003c\/i\u003e(with William deBuys), and \u003ci\u003e??rale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e. Usner is a founding board member of the Chimay? Cultural Preservation Association. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Museum of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199521095954,"sku":"9780890136874","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dde4b69-fbbb-474e-a407-a037738d09fb.jpg?v=1744879813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sabinos-map-life-in-chimays-old-plaza-thirtieth-anniversary-edition-9780890136874","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}