The World of San Miguel de Allende - An Uncommon Guide
(E&R PUBLICATIONS, 2009)

San Miguel de Allende may well be the prettiest, most interesting town in Mexico. After its nearly 500-year history and its half century of art center prominence, there is now a book that provides and informed, comprehensive look at the city.

More than 200 color photographs portray the people, the town and its surroundings, and the local celebrations. The architecture of the city is depicted with wonderful details.

A long-time resident of San Miguel, Robert de Gast offers the reader a journey through the city's history, including observations of early visitors. Using a sharp sense of humor he gives the reader visual delights—its fountains, scrambled house numbers, door knockers—along with countless other details that decorate the homes of this colonial town. The book includes an extensive calendar of events.

In this book, the author has written an uncommon guide for the curious reader as well as provided a memorable souvenir. It will inform and entertain the many visitors who enjoy San Miguel's beauty, climate, and culture.

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