Author David Schmidt first journeyed into the remote mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico searching for mysterious legends and tales of the unexplained. In this second installment in the saga, the author finds a town of coffee farmers struggling to survive. In the misty highlands of San Juan Coatzóspam, he adjusts to rural mountain life, farming coffee far from any modern comforts. As he searches for supernatural tales, the community teaches him how much sweat and blood goes into the coffee trade.
This small mountain town is the face of millions of coffee farmers across the world. As the author experiences coffee farming firsthand, he learns that those who work the hardest are paid the least.*All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the coffee farmers' coop of San Juan Coatzóspam.*
