MAZATLAN~1874 IS A SHORT NINETEENTH CENTURY MONOGRAPH WRITTEN BY A NATURALIST
AND ADVENTURER OF HIS OBSERVATIONS DURING A VISIT TO MAZATLAN. TRAVELING FROM SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA BY WAY OF OCEAN STEAMER, THIS TALENTED WRITER VIVIDLY PORTRAYS
HIS EXPERIENCES, FROM FIRST SHIPBOARD GLIMSE OF MAZATLAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH BIDDING
THE CITY ADIEU. MAZATLAN 1874 RECREATES A FEEL FOR A BYGONE EPOCH WHEN
MAZATLAN WAS MEXICO'S MOST IMPORTANT PACIFIC CITY AND PRINICPAL WEST COAST PORT.
LADRON DE TUMBA PRESS WILL PUBLISH THIS 125 YEAR OLD ACCOUNT THAT DETAILS LIFE
IN MAZATLAN AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A TOURIST. THIS WORK IS THE ONLY KNOWN PERIOD
WRITING IN ENGLISH ABOUT WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS 'VIEJO MAZATLAN. ' WRITTEN PRIOR
TO THE MODERN ERA OF TRAVEL, IT IS FASCINATING TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES
OF MAZATLAN'S 'HISTORIC DISTRICT' OF TODAY WITH THE 'NEW PART OF TOWN' DESCRIBED
IN MAZATLAN 1874. THIS ESSAY CAPTURES MAZATLAN'S BEGINGINGS AS A PRIME TRAVEL
DESTINATION, AND PREDICTS THE COURSE OF THE CITY'S FUTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, WHEN
MAZATLAN BECAME KNOWN AS THE 'PEARL OF THE PACIFIC.' MAZATLAN 1874 IS FASCINATING
READING OF A TIME WHEN THE NACRE FIRST SET UPON THIS JEWEL OF MEXICO'S WEST COAST.
FOR FURTHER INQUIRES CONTACT:
LADRON DE PRESS PRESS,
1502 HERIBERTO
FRIAS,
CENTRO HISTORICO,
MAZATLAN, SINALOA
MEXICO
OR
VIA
EMAIL AT AYER@VIEJOMAZATLAN.COM