Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and early life, 1910-1935. Selections : "The goat-herder's song", "The hills of Mexico", "A tourist in a Mexican town", Monterrey"
  • Playmaking in North Carolina, 1935-1942. Selections : The cry of Dolores (1935), Singing valley, a comedy of Mexican village life (1937), The ring of General Macías (1938), Fragment from earlier draft of The ring of General Macías
  • Books and novels and Hollywood, 1942-1953. Selections : "Dream I" (1944), "Dream II" (1944), "Salt in the air" (1947), "A visitor for Domínguez" (1947), Chapter 7 from Step down, elder brother (1947), "Legend of the rabbit in the moon," from Step down, elder brother, "Chant to the four world quarters" (n.d.), Fragment from Niggli's screenplay for Sombrero (1953)
  • A final novel and teaching, 1953-1983. Selections : Excerpts from unpublished novel Beat the drum slowly, ca. 1950s or 1960s, "Sunday : 11:00 a.m.," a chapter from A miracle for Mexico (1964)
  • Conclusions : Niggli's legacy and resurgence.