THE COMPROMISED LAND By Dr. John Reyna Tapia PHD A compilation of short stories concerned with Mexican life around the turn of the century. The themes reflect the Hispanic tradition and its continuity of values and origins. This volume contains stories about buried treasure, ghosts, the devil, the astuteness of the peasant farmer, fables of extraordinary feats by the Indian, and the legalistic mind of the ?borrachito? or drunkard. The central theme...