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María Teresa de Landa : una Miss que no vio el Universo / Rebeca Monroy Nasr.
- Title
- María Teresa de Landa : una Miss que no vio el Universo / Rebeca Monroy Nasr.
- Author
- Monroy Nasr, Rebeca,
- Publication
- Ciudad de México : Secretaría de Cultura : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- 475 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 23 cm
- Summary
- Biography (1910-1992) of Mexican schoolteacher and beauty pageant winner who became Miss Mexico in 1928 and shot her bigamist husband to death a year later. Narrates events of her early life and whirlwind relationship with military man who hid his past from her. Focuses heavily on circumstances of crime itself and proceedings of trial in which she was absolved on grounds of passion and besmirched honor. Amply illustrated with photographs that appeared in tabloid papers of time.
- Series Statement
- Científica
- Colección Historia. Serie Logos
- Uniform Title
- Colección Historia (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico)). Serie Logos.
- Colección científica (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico))
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-475)
- ISBN
- 9786074848052
- 607484805X
- LCCN
- 2019415055
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries