Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser - Hardcover

by Raymond H. Thompson (Editor), Werner S. Zimmt (Editor), Dahlquist E. Robert (Editor)

The Swiss Jesuit missionary Philipp Segesser was sent to northwestern Mexico in 1731. His letters home, translated and edited in this fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain.

Author Biography

Raymond H. Thompson is the director emeritus of the Arizona State Museum and Riecker Distinguished Professor emeritus in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.