Margarito’s Forest

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Margarito’s Forest is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban Alvarez Velazquez as told by his daughter, Dona’ Maria Guadelupe. This story of the Maya love for the earth, passed from one generation to the next, is set in Saq Ja’, a small, remote village in the mountains of central Guatemala. As the deforesting effects of climate change become clear, Don Margarito’s life and the ways of the Maya offer timely wisdom for a planet in peril. This book is a commemoration of his courage and the preservation the forest that he planted