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In 1988 robert redford filmed the milagro beanfield war here in truchas. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 456 pages and is available in paperback format. But like everything else in the dirtpoor town of milagro, it would be a patchwork war, fought more by tactical retreats than by battlefield victories. The author discusses the film made from his novel the milagro beanfield war, and shares his photographs of the people, wildlife, and landscapes of taos, new. Adapted by john nichols and david ward from nichols own novel, the milagro beanfield war may be the most likeable liberaltract film of the 1980s.
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